I agree, the Vulcan is one of the most beautiful flying machines ever built. But I have a soft spot for aircraft with rounded curves and buried engines. Despite her early travails I also love De Havilland's Comet, and the Vampire and Venom fighters.
He does say at one point that the Vulcan "forshadowed" today's stealth technology. The truth is that the B-2 can be traced to a plane which outdates the Vulcan by five years:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_YB-49
Cool song by Clannad as well, from
Robin Of Sherwood.
[edit] @ XabbaRus: Your video is gorgeous. I've downloaded both yours and the original linked in the thread.