That could have happened as well, but it would have been late '70s or early '80s 'cos I remember the VC10 visiting Farnborough after I arrived in '74 and a few years later we were told it was grounded indefinitely with a 'broken back'(?) It was parked at Bedford for many years after that (you could see it from Santa Pod Raceway about 5 miles west) and I suppose it was broken up when the airfield was closed.