Very interesting post Shackman. Certainly no one on my course 35 yrs ago wanted it. It was the bottom of my 'wishlist'. Perhaps I missed out on some fun. No complaints though.
Once took a prestine, gleaming Queen's Flight Andover into Mahajanga. A local said, 'Ah, Royal Air Force.........Shackleton?'
One thinks that HMQ would have been amused. The story may very well have got back to her via HRH PP.
So does one have to pay to drive around in this aircraft or do they pay you?