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QUALITAIR Engineering Services last year won a £1.2 million contract from Germany to provide a complete team of more than 100 skilled technicians and engineers to undertake a D‐check on a DC‐8.

Jon Sharp has been appointed as the new managing director of Qualitair Aviation Ltd, London Stanstead Airport, one of three subsidiary companies within the Qualitair Aviation Group.

THE Qualitair School of Air Maintenance, Britain's first purpose‐built training school for the airline maintenance industry has opened at Solihull, West Midlands.

AN aircraft maintenance company and a college of technology have joined forces to tackle a major skills crisis in the aviation industry.

THE take‐off weight of a DC‐10 gave a V1 speed of 160 kt and the take‐off run was normal until at a speed of around 140 kt the co‐pilot and flight engineer saw that the N1 gauge for No 3 engine (GE CF6–50) was about 7% too low and that No 3 EGT was showing an abnormally high temperature of about 945°C. Within about one second the engine fail light illuminated and momentarily (one second), the fire warning lights showed and the fire bell rang. The speed had risen to 147 kt and the commander immediately ordered ‘Stop — Reverse’. The emergency stop procedure was effected and the emergency services put on ‘Local Standby’. During the deceleration it was noted that the brake temperatures were rising and had reached about 350°C. When the aircraft had slowed to a low forward speed, the fire drill was carried out on No 3 engine and the commander, calling for the emergency services, elected to turn off the runway into a holding point before stopping the aircraft.

PETER O'Hara, vice president of the U.K. Division of Metal Improvement Co Inc, is an active member of a steering committee based in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Cranfield Institute of Technology who are working to define and introduce international standards which will effect the manufacture, maintenance and repair of aircraft. To date, the aerospace manufacturers have defined and enforced their own widely varying specifications and standards. The committee have lobbied prime aircraft manufacturers, several of whom are members of the committee, together with influencial authorities such as the C.A.A. and M.O.D. The committee firmly believes it is in the interests of the manufacturers, support organisations and consumers to standardise and improve specifications internationally. Indeed, there is evidence to suggest that many manufacturers are currently upgrading their specifications to benefit from improved technology.