airframe
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
