“Dear Sir, Regarding your comment about the Nations ONLY flying Vulcan Bomber.... I will not repeat what already has been said, but will add that your ill-informed letter to a newspaper does indeed make you look rather silly, and has the power to cause untold damage to a rather fantastic team of people who are working hard, day and night, to keep the NATIONS VULCAN servicable and in the air as much as possible.

Maybe, if it is in your realm of possibilities, an apology to these amazing individuals would be in order?

An ever hopeful supporter of all involved in the upkeep of XH558”

“well mr durran,can i also sugest that you do some research before opening that vile mouth of yours?your comments with referance to the vulcan are complete tosh,and i'm sure the majority of people interested enough to read your article will say the same.with regret,many folk will read your comments,and like yourself,try to write off all the hard work and effort by a fantastic team of people.the whole project needs continued support,not uneducated spam spread by people like you.unless you have something constructive to say,please keep your comments to yourself.”

“May i suggest a little research Mr Durran? Were you to bother actually finding a little more about the project then you would no doubt be surprised to learn that she has in fact a fairly good serviceability rate, the majority of her no-shows have been due to the weather being beyond the limits she is able to operate in. Secondly the C.A.A. have been very helpful in getting 558 back in the air To say they are against aviation in this case is miles off the mark! As a volunteer on the Vulcan stand at a convention early this year i met a man who was living in Port Stanley when Mr Withers stopped by for a visit and his recollection is slightly different to yours, the experience stuck with him for life and he sought our stand out to talk to us about it, he told me that the effect of the bombing lifted morale among the inhabitants and scared the living day lights out of the Argentinians, it also prevented the them from using the runway for fast jets as assets were kept on the mainland to protect from attacks which the Black Buck raids had shown were possible.”

“The only reason the Vulcan didn't fly at Yeovilton was the very poor weather, which I believe stopped many other aircraft from displaying, including some bang up to date military hardware.
The Vulcan has proved to be far more reliable this year. Yes there has been the odd problem, but only to be expected on a complicated 50 year old aircraft. Last weekend it was in the air for just over 3 hours, taking part in several displays and flypasts.
The 'Black Buck' mission to the Falklands did in fact hit the runway. It wasn't damaged enough to put it out of use completely, but it did prevent Argentine fast jets from using it, possibly saving the lives of several British servicemen. The strike on the Falklands also showed the Argentines that their mainland was within our reach.”