Editing Aircraft engine (section)

==Engine position numbering==
[[File:Throttle Boeing 727.jpg|thumb|The [[thrust lever]]s of a three-engine [[Boeing 727]], each one bearing the respective engine number]]
On multi-engine aircraft, engine positions are numbered from left to right from the point of view of the pilot looking forward, so for example on a four-engine aircraft such as the [[Boeing 747]], engine No. 1 is on the left side, farthest from the fuselage, while engine No. 3 is on the right side nearest to the fuselage.<ref>{{cite book
| title = Skyways for business
| author = ((National Business Aircraft Association))
| publisher = Henry Publications
| year = 1952
| volume = 11
| page = 52
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=t20PAAAAIAAJ&q=inboard
}}</ref>

In the case of the twin-engine [[English Electric Lightning]], which has two fuselage-mounted jet engines one above the other, engine No. 1 is below and to the front of engine No. 2, which is above and behind.<ref>{{cite web |title=English Electric Lightning F53 (53-671) – Power Plants |url=http://www.gatwick-aviation-museum.co.uk/lightning/power_plants.htm |website=Gatwick Aviation Museum |access-date=9 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141820/http://www.gatwick-aviation-museum.co.uk/lightning/power_plants.htm |archive-date=12 June 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>