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Heckspitze

English translation: tail cone

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German term or phrase:Heckspitze
English translation:tail cone
Entered by: Theo Bose

18:42 Feb 7, 2004
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Aerospace / Aviation / Space / Aviation
German term or phrase: Heckspitze
Text on the aviation industries (specifically airbuses):
Heckspitze, Seitenleitwerke und Flügelklappen für die diversen Airbustypen.

Could this be tail fin (tip of the tail doesn't really sound right)

TIA!
Sarah Downing
Local time: 01:18
tail cone
Explanation:
I have seen
Selected response from:

Theo Bose
Local time: 00:18
Grading comment
Thanks to both of you. I'm pretty sure that this is the right answer (more Internet research)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4tail cone
Theo Bose
4 -1nose (cone)
JM Simon (X)


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
nose (cone)


Explanation:
after looking at pictures on google, I believe that this is the nose cone of the plane. often referred to as simply the "nose."


    Reference: http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&...
JM Simon (X)
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Cilian O'Tuama: hardly at the rear, though!? :-)
9 mins
  -> it must not be in the rear - the asker is not sure (see her question above)
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
tail cone


Explanation:
I have seen

Theo Bose
Local time: 00:18
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks to both of you. I'm pretty sure that this is the right answer (more Internet research)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Cilian O'Tuama: very possible
9 mins
agree  JM Simon (X): yes, i've looked closer at the photo... it's the TAIL cone :-) i need more sleep!
18 mins
agree  Brandis (X)
5 hrs
agree  David Moore (X)
15 hrs
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