Noun
tail cone (plural tail cones)
(aeronautics) A cone-shaped piece on the tail of a jet or aeroplane where exhaust escapes.
Darling 1999, p. 19. A brake parachute was installed inside the tail cone. Source: Internet
Wynn 1997, p. 321. The bulk of the equipment was carried in a large extended tail cone, and a flat ECM aerial counterpoise plate mounted between the starboard tailpipes. Source: Internet
Powered by production Olympus 201 with convert thrust, it was more representative of a production aircraft, being fitted with an in-flight refuelling probe and a bulged ECM tail cone. Source: Internet