stop an engine

This is the first time we have had to stop an engine for adjustment or repair; the job will take about an hour.

All five trainees - including a student, civil engineer, architect and pensioner - were taught the basics of railway safety and signalling, how to start and stop an engine, plus firing and driving techniques.

They fly piston engined aircraft for the most part which are subject, amongst other things, to carburettor icing which will stop an engine in flight even if the ambient temperature is as much as 10 C above freezing unless carburettor heating is selected at the appropriate time.