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What streamlined enclosure often surrounds a wing-mounted engine?

A nacelle surrounds it.

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  1. A gondola
  2. A nacelle ✔
  3. An empennage

Why: A nacelle is a streamlined housing outside the fuselage. It encloses an engine and associated equipment mounted on a wing or elsewhere.

Huh, didn't know that: Airliners such as the Boeing 737 carry their engines in nacelles under the wings.

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The nacelle gave the engine a room with a wing view.
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Answer: A nacelle. A nacelle is a streamlined housing outside the fuselage. It encloses an engine and associated equipment mounted on a wing or elsewhere.

  1. Aerospace Dimensions Module 2: Aircraft Systems and Airports akwg.cap.gov/media/cms/Module_2__Aircraft_Systems_and_Airp_1A4CD2C6AF085_eae81.pdf
    The wing-mounted engine is usually covered with a streamlined enclosure called a nacelle.
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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