noun
definition
The main body and structure of an aircraft (without the powerplant).
Examples of airframe in a Sentence
The big surprise of course for 2004 is just how much I used the airframe - a test bike which I still have.
Captain Barnwell turned to his shipyard experience and designed an airframe using duralumin sheets.
For an aircraft, for example, such components might include the airframe, engine and avionics systems.
After completing its test program this aircraft was used as an instructional airframe by the museum in 1983.
One bike we hadn't seen the previous day, but which was available for testing today, was the new airframe.
Ian Pallister has been using the same airframe for many years, again another large model.
It also forms the basic airframe for the P-3 Orion.
My research is concerned with investigating the noise versus drag relationship of aircraft airframe components.
Roger Hutchison is seeking anyone who may remember is Father Norman Hutchison who was an airframe fitter working mainly on Lancs.
Flight measurements from accelerometers and rate gyros provide airplane motion characteristics relative to axes fixed within the airframe.
There was a loud bang and a severe jolt was felt through the airframe.
The result was the airframe and wings far outlasted all expectations and are still seen in regular service.
Detection of strain gage errors is important in the accurate measurement of the fatigue life of an aircrafts airframe.