Elevon Refit Boosts Return to Power

Our Return to Power programme took a significant step forward on Saturday 5 May 2012 when No.4 elevon, removed from XL426 in 2010 for total refurbishment, was re-fitted to the aircraft.

No.3 elevon, also removed to allow the No.4 elevon to be taken off XL426, was also re-fitted after undergoing some minor repairs.

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XL426 Powers Up for First Taxy-Run of 2012

XL426's engines burst into life on the afternoon of Saturday 28 April as we carried out our first engine ground run of 2012. The run culminated in a short, slow speed taxy to test our Vulcan's brake systems.

VRT Chief Engineer Matt Lawrence said he was "fully satisfied" with how XL426 performed and was pleased everything went as expected. The engine run was carried out as part of our planned maintenance programme for XL426 and saw our Vulcan's four Olympus engines tested at various power settings for just under 30 minutes.

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