Vertical tail unit for aircraft and aircraft equipped with same

A vertical tail unit for aircraft, the vertical tail unit comprising a fin presenting a first face and a second opposing face, and a flight control surface, said vertical tail unit being equipped with an engine extending in a plane containing the vertical tail unit, the engine being supported by the vertical tail unit,

• wherein the engine extends cantilevered beyond at least one of the first face and the second face of the fin and is integral with said fin by a mount operably coupled to the fin such that the fin passes through an interior volume of the mount thereby forming an air flow channel on each side of the fin between an inner skin of the mount and an outer wall of said fin, wherein the mount comprises a plurality of discrete half-hoops disposed on each side of the fin, a radius of curvature of the half-hoops following a radius of curvature of an engine body.