Detachable integral aircraft tailcone and power assembly

An aircraft tailcone assembly comprising:

• a longitudinal support member having forward and aft axial ends;
• a gas turbine engine mounted within said tailcone to said support member, said engine having an inlet and an exhaust;
• a firewall extending from said support member forward of said engine;
• at least one curved rotatable casing hingeably connected to said support member and rotatable from a closed position to an open position thereby exposing said engine;
• an inlet duct extending from an aperture in one of said rotatable casings to said engine inlet;
• interface means for making necessary electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic accessory connections between said tailcone assembly and said aircraft body;
• a substantially conical casing attached to said second axial end of said support member extending from a forward end approximately adjacent said engine exhaust to an open aft end, said casing thereby providing a passage overboard for exhaust gas from said engine;
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• a flange at said forward axial end of said support member adapted for quickly and rigidly attaching the entire tailcone assembly to said aircraft body.