He was in the Russian's tail cone, at a range of six hundred yards.

A large air brake was built into the tail cone of the aircraft.

The tail cone will need to be cut away at the line marked X on the drawing.

But a moment later you'll see the flame, from the tail cone, coming out of the fighter.

This was thanks in part to an aerodynamically designed tail cone.

The pilot, who declined to give his name, said the tail cone could not have come off during an actual flight.

The lower portion of the plane's tail cone, she also said, was found in rocks inside the seawall.

The tail cones failed on several early P-61A models before this problem was corrected.

Water also was coming into the cabin from a rupture in the fuselage near the tail cone.

A brake parachute was installed inside the tail cone.

Below: The tail cone assembly is taking shape.

Tail cones reduce the form drag of the fuselage, by recovering the pressure behind it.

Investigators noticed right away that the tail cone was still intact when they first examined the plane on the runway.

In the third rear section, a tail cone contained the circuit that ignited the rockets.

An evacuation slide within the tail cone had inflated shortly after takeoff from Chicago.

Using only grainy photos as a reference, he rebuilt the complex curves of the C-47's tail cone.

It also introduced a new low drag "beaver" tail cone, which became standard on all MD-80s.

Nose and tail cones are of laminated plastic.

Finally, a tail cone is fitted over the engine bells to reduce turbulence and atmospheric drag.

As the helicopter fell in variously described gyrations, the tail cone either folded or separated.

The tail cone assembly houses four, spring-actuated folding fins.

Bottom Right: The tail cone looking inside.

Midwest Airlines said the problem developed because an emergency slide located in the tail cone of the plane unexpectedly deployed.

Canso: The tail cone assembly has been completed and installed on the rear of the fuselage.

The aircraft has mixed construction, with the forward fuselage made from fibreglass and the tail cone of aluminum sheet.

It can be visually identified by a new, rounded tailcone.

A longer tailcone similar to more modern aircraft also helped with flight stability.

Baggage storage is available in the nose and tailcone compartments.

The lanyard is attached to the aircraft at the forward end of the tailcone access door opening.

The final two flights saw the tailcone removed and mockup main engines installed.

The secondary stops are located in the tailcone.

Nose and tailcone door latches were independent from the main door release button.

The v-tail is removable by first removing the tailcone and then withdrawing two pins.

As the control module was now placed directly over the engine, vibrations were reduced by using steel instead of aluminium for the tailcone.

Upon rocket motor ignition, the missile tailcone was blown away by the exhaust plume.

The tailcone, vertical and horizontal stabilizers are aluminum.

The 480 fuselage consists of a welded steel-tube framework with aluminum cover and tailcone.

The tailcone is of monocoque construction.

One unusual modification was the larger tailcone that was to accommodate a proposed tail-warning radar.

There are three cargo compartments: under the nose deck ahead of the canopy, behind the rear seats in the cabin, and the tailcone.

The metal airframe employed a semi-monocoque tailcone.

It also had a detachable in-flight refuelling nose probe and an auxiliary power unit in the tailcone.

Atop the tailcone sat a one-piece tailplane, with dual fins at the tailplane's ends.

The missile was fitted with a tailcone to reduce drag while on the pylon, which was ejected shortly after being dropped from the plane.

Its tailcone was lowered in order to improve visibility, and it used a more powerful Continental IO-360D 210 hp engine.

In the case of Flight 1549, the Airbus A320 suffered a rupture near the tailcone that sent water gushing into the cabin.

The externally mounted missiles required the addition of a tailcone to reduce aerodynamic drag during supersonic flight of the aircraft.

At least two An-12PP aircraft were de-militarised and sold to civilian owners retaining the distinctive ogival tailcone.

An airstair installed below the front passenger door was available as an option as was an airstair in the tailcone.

Later examples had the tail turret removed and replaced by additional ECM equipment installed in an extended tailcone.