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airframe Definition

air·frame (-frām′)

noun

the structural framework and covering of an airplane, rocket, etc., not including the engine and its related parts

airframe Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • use: The big surprise of course for 2004 is just how much I used the Airframe - a test bike which I still have.
  • design: Captain Barnwell turned to his shipyard experience and designed an airframe using duralumin sheets.
  • include: For an aircraft, for example, such components might include the airframe, engine and avionics systems.
  • have: In 1999 Rolls-Royce were ready to deliver the first engines, but BAe had no airframes ready to accept them.
  • convert: Lockheed Martin has chosen the high performance option when it proposed converting F-16 airframes into UCAVs.

Preposition: at

  • RAF: After nearly 10 years as an exhibition airframe at RAF Abingdon in Oxford the aircraft was scrapped and cut up.

Adjective modifier

  • instructional: After completing its test program this aircraft was used as an instructional airframe by the museum in 1983.
  • new: One bike we hadn't seen the previous day, but which was available for testing today, was the new Airframe.
  • same: Ian Pallister has been using the same airframe for many years, again another large model.
  • other: As many as 30 other airframes are stored elsewhere.
  • static: In October 1997, the contract to build and test six prototypes was received - including two static test airframes.
  • basic: It also forms the basic airframe for the P-3 Orion.

Modifies a noun

  • fitter: Roger Hutchison is seeking anyone who may remember is Father Norman Hutchison who was an airframe fitter working mainly on Lancs.
  • repair: During the month, 24 minor inspections were made, six engine changes effect and 61 airframe repairs or major modifications carried out.
  • noise: This project is expected to have a significant impact on airframe noise research being an interest to Airbus UK.
  • manufacturer: With the ability to save to different file formats, Honeywell can meet specific customer requirements requested by leading airframe manufacturers.
  • component: My research is concerned with investigating the noise versus drag relationship of aircraft airframe components.
  • structure: The STOVL version is 81 % common in terms of airframe structure, while the CV version is only 62 % common.

Noun used with modifier

  • test: Three aircraft were built - two flight test airframes plus one for static testing.
  • aircraft: My research is concerned with investigating the noise versus drag relationship of aircraft airframe components.

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