Also remember a story that 'VM had sat by the hangars for quite some time and was reactivated for training details.
During its pre - flight service a bar of gold was allegedly found secreted behind a wing panel.
I only heard that account once from an ex- VC-10 pilot however being a Standard model it would have made many trips through the Middle East.
I see the fuselage is located at Brooklands but I guess it's wings are long gone?