How to Use airframe in a Sentence

airframe

noun
  • The force of the blasts cut the plane’s control cables and damaged its airframe.
    — Linda Dudik, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 May 2025
  • Over time, if the aircraft stays under it, the airframe is going to hold up just fine.
    — ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
  • So, from a life-span perspective, how many missions do see with this airframe?
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The stranger told him about airframe and power plant mechanic school.
    — Wilborn P. Nobles Iii, Dallas Morning News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • With this in mind, engineers are always looking for things to toss out of an airframe.
    — David Szondy march 11, New Atlas, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The Avata 2's airframe is more streamlined this time around and lighter by about an ounce.
    — PC Magazine, 14 Aug. 2025
  • On top of all that, the Army wants a plethora of features packed into a tiny airframe.
    — Michael Peck, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2021
  • Hermeus's approach isn't to build a single airframe.
    — David Szondy may 28, New Atlas, 28 May 2026
  • All of this is packaged inside a small stealth-capable airframe.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 May 2026
  • Modern jets are part airframe, part data center, part software lab.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Turbulence can occur when a plane hits a strong air current that pushes or pulls the airframe.
    — Angus Whitley / Bloomberg, TIME, 24 May 2024
  • It was also supposed to increase the lifespan of aircraft by putting less stress on their airframes.
    — sandiegouniontribune.com, 7 June 2017
  • Removing 40% of the seats doesn’t make the plane burn much less fuel or change the airframe’s weight.
    — Ben Baldanza, Forbes, 24 June 2022
  • But to place the blame on the airframe and not the government's decisions on how to use it seems misplaced.
    — Peter Suciu, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Birds are light for their size because many of their bones are hollow, and some are fused into rigid, airframe-like structures.
    — Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2013
  • The 800 will have two motors, powered by a grid of electric cells across the airframe.
    — Daniel Bachmann, Robb Report, 26 Apr. 2021
  • Worse, the sudden strain may damage the airframe, and a heavy mount is needed to absorb the forces involved.
    — David Hambling, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
  • That is, flight so close to Mach 1 that some areas of airflow over the airframe exceed the speed of sound.
    — New Atlas, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Many of the items, like these airframe door stops, include nuggets of behind-the-scenes information.
    — Julia Buckley, CNN, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Damage to the aircraft can occur not just from an outright crash, but from undue stress on the airframe and engine.
    — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 17 Aug. 2020
  • Spare parts are hard to find and airframes are fatigued, in large part to the bomber’s role as a close air support aircraft over Afghanistan.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 8 Feb. 2020
  • Marble sinks were too heavy on the airframe, where every inch is scrutinized to save space and weight, so faux-marble was installed.
    — Alex Horton, Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2018
  • The result is an airframe resembling a flying spindle.
    — Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The rest of the booster, including the main airframe and propellant tanks, will still be expended.
    — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 28 June 2024
  • By keeping the shock waves separated on the airframe, the noise of a sonic boom can be reduced to a lower rumble.
    — Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 23 Oct. 2017
  • Building a paper airplane can be as demanding as building the airframe of a real aircraft.
    — New Atlas, 3 July 2026
  • The system features an all-composite airframe with a cylindrical fuselage and delta wings.
    — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 18 Dec. 2025
  • For one thing, other than the B-2 Spirit there are no large, stealthy airframes ready to convert into tankers.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 30 Jan. 2019
  • Its airframe stretches 17 meters long with a wingspan of 25 meters.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 31 Mar. 2026
  • To achieve this, Hermeus is not building Quarterhorse as a single airframe.
    — David Szondy march 03, New Atlas, 3 Mar. 2026

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