The VC10 tailplane is, in fact, bigger in span than a Phantom's wingspan!
I'm told by a chum, who did a BAC university sandwich course and worked on the EAAC Super VC10s at Brooklands, that on top of the tailplane was a good place to snooze off the effects of a good lunch without 't management spotting you.
He also told me that a colleague had pinched some VC10-destined Skydrol to use in his car's brake system. It got about half a mile before all the seals failed - and was a bit of a bugger to stop as he'd also used some in his clutch system - which had also failed in gear. Some cursing, swearing and lots of handbrake finally stopped it, whereupon it sat in a puddle of red gloop!