Aircraft engine position number

Thrust levers in a Boeing 727 with the engine number on each lever

On multi-engined aircraft, aircraft engine positions are numbered from left to right from the view of the pilot looking forward.[1]

Wing and rear-mounted engines

Twin-engined aircraft

Three-engined aircraft

Four-engined aircraft

Six-engined aircraft

Other configurations

Centerline

The English Electric Lightning has two jet engines on the centerline one above the other.[2]

The twin boom Cessna 337 Skymaster one engine forward and one engine aft.

References

  1. National Business Aircraft Association (1952). Skyways for business. Henry Publications. p. 52.
  2. Power Plants
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