Additionally, the narrow fuselage meant that the aircraft flexed.
The first combat aircraft had narrow fuselages, which often were not tall enough to block visibility to the rear.
Where possible, the yellow should be the same width as the blue, but on Spitfires with their narrower fuselages a thinner ring was acceptable.
Further improvements over Project V were a narrower fuselage and a changed pilot's canopy.
Such arrangement restricted weapons carriage to under the narrow fuselage and two conformal missile mounts.
The resulting aircraft was designed around a long and extremely narrow cylindrical fuselage, just large enough in diameter to accommodate the engine.
Registrations on narrow fuselages are difficult to read.
It has a narrower fuselage and is shorter than the 707.
The Committee recommended a narrower fuselage designed for 50 passengers.