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There is something above the engine on the tail of this MD-11: md11

What is that?

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  • They all have that, it's part of the fairing. Are you asking what is purpose is, or why it's on that particular aircraft? – Ron Beyer Mar 05 '16 at 02:56
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    That is the pylon that supports the engine. More details in Quora – Him Mar 05 '16 at 02:56
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    You should provide the source of your image, a direct link to the page containing the image and the author information. You forget nearly systematically to do it, and from a legal standpoint this is not possible (and in my opinion not ethical either). Here is an example. – mins Mar 05 '16 at 10:21
  • Possible duplicate of: https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/51883/what-is-this-tab-above-the-dc-10s-2-engine – dalearn May 25 '18 at 16:32

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As was said in the comments above, it is the support structure for the engine as seen in this drawing:

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