Saturday was a busy day of fault finding with a couple of jobs being undertaken throughout the day, most notably, changing the number 2 Voltage Regulator in the power bay and work on the normal airbrake motor. After successful testing of some units in stock, the voltage regulator was removed to be replaced by a spare. Whilst in the process of removal, it was noticed that some of the cable terminations were far from being in an ideal condition so the decision was made to re-terminate them before replacing the unit.

Work continued on finding (and all being well fixing!) the issue with the normal airbrake motor. After re-assembly of a unit, it was then tested outside of the aircraft and found to be functioning correctly. However, when the motor was installed in the aircraft, it refused to play – this will be looked at again this weekend.

We were lucky enough to have another iconic aircraft based at Wellesbourne for the weekend, a Catalina which graced us with a couple of flypasts.

There are also a couple of new additions to our merchandise with the arrival of a new patch and pin badge sporting a new design. We hope these will be popular as they celebrate two milestones in XM655’s life – 55 years young and 35 years of being at Wellesbourne together with the 6 squadrons that she served with. These are available both in our shop and online.

Pictures this week are courtesy of Len, Matt, Ellie and James