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How to use airframe in a sentence

11 example sentences · noun

Airframe means the main body and structure of an aircraft (without the powerplant). Example: “This airframe has 2600 flight hours on it; the powerplant has just over 800.”

Examples of airframe by meaning

nounThe main body and structure of an aircraft (without the powerplant).

  • This airframe has 2600 flight hours on it; the powerplant has just over 800.

More sentences with airframe

  • Airframes, engines, and electronics are generally repaired on condition, before next flight.From the entry on condition
  • This airframe uses titanium alloys extensively.From the entry titanium
  • Even a minor “fender bender” could bend the airframe door enough to make the door inoperable.2017 March 20, John Etzil, Airliner Down: An Aviation Thriller, Pier West llc, →ISBN. From the entry crash axe
  • The first element involves 'zero lifing' the airframe by replacement of some structural elements, including the main landing gear.2000, Jane's International Defense Review: IDR, volume 33, page 61. From the entry zero-life
  • As the 87th received new fighters and began flying combat missions, another veteran unit started turning in its war-weary airframes for P47s.2012, Jonathan Bernstein, “Operation Strangle”, in Tony Holmes, editor, P-47 Thunderbolt Units of the Twelfth Air Force (Osprey Combat…. From the entry war-weary
  • Then an F.24 camera was installed in each wing, and the whole airframe painted in a pale duck-egg green 'Camotint' finish for 'invisibility.'1980, Chaz Bowyer, Supermarine Spitfire, page 43. From the entry camotint
  • The program will not design a new aircraft but will missionize an existing airframe, most likely a foreign design that is in service around the world.1994, United States Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, S. 1587, Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1993: Joint Hearings Before…. From the entry missionize
  • For the investor, the indications are that the shares of soundly managed important airframe makers are the best current aircraft industry buys for long term lockaways.1955, Aircraft, volume 34, page 30. From the entry lockaway
  • The unserviceable Sea Hurricane airframe on board was placed on deck for blast trials in a low angle shoot and sustained no damage while in the centre of the deck.2012, Dr Ben Jones, The Fleet Air Arm in the Second World War, →ISBN. From the entry angle shoot
  • The U-2 had to fly in the “coffin corner” of its flight envelope, one knot from stalling, one knot from overstressing the airframe, and one SA-2 from an international incident.2004, Laurence R. Newcome, Unmanned Aviation: A Brief History of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. From the entry coffin corner

Meaning of airframe

  1. noun The main body and structure of an aircraft (without the powerplant).

Full definition of airframe

Questions about airframe in a sentence

How do you use airframe in a sentence?
Airframe is used as a noun. For example: “This airframe has 2600 flight hours on it; the powerplant has just over 800.”
What is a short sentence with airframe?
“This airframe uses titanium alloys extensively.”
What does airframe mean?
Airframe means the main body and structure of an aircraft (without the powerplant).

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