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Recent Examples of airframe
And there was a program, over many years, to make a major Canadian commitment to American airframes for defense of the skies over Canada and the Arctic.
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David Frum, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
Its products include jet engine components, aerospace fasteners, airframe structures, and forged aluminum wheels for commercial trucks.
—Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
One of four repair plants in the United States, the Indianapolis location is the company's largest airframe facility in the country.
—Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 29 Dec. 2025
The generator, which didn't have fuel, was loaded in the aft baggage compartment and secured to the airframe with webbing.
—Briauna Brown, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
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David Frum, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
Its products include jet engine components, aerospace fasteners, airframe structures, and forged aluminum wheels for commercial trucks.
—Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
One of four repair plants in the United States, the Indianapolis location is the company's largest airframe facility in the country.
—Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 29 Dec. 2025
The generator, which didn't have fuel, was loaded in the aft baggage compartment and secured to the airframe with webbing.
—Briauna Brown, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
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Clark, a Harvard engineer who wrote his college thesis on electric aviation 25 years ago, hopes to get the certification needed for his aircraft to carry paying passengers by the end of next year.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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The second aircraft landed safely.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
13 Mar. 2026
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Sony Noise Cancelling Headphones Deal Powered by two processors and eight microphones, the Sony WH-1000XM5 give you industry-leading noise cancellation that effectively eliminates the sound of traffic, office chatter, or airplane engines.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
9 Mar. 2026
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An airplane that crashed in the northern Colorado mountains in February, killing all four people on board, was approaching the Steamboat Springs Airport on a path not authorized for night use while flying too low to clear the mountain peak, according to federal officials.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
8 Mar. 2026
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The aviation industry has been one of the Gulf countries’ most visible branding tools but, like the oil now unable to reach export markets, planes have been stranded assets during the war.—
Dominic Dudley,
semafor.com,
10 Mar. 2026
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The war, which disrupted shipping via the world's most vital oil export route, has sent oil prices surging, upending global travel, pushing airline tickets on some routes sky-high, and sparking fears of a deep travel slump that could lead to widespread grounding of planes.—
Shivangi Lahiri,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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Other items from the ship, including the ballasts that served as counterweights for the human cargo, are remaining on display and will be returned to South Africa in two years.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Mar. 2026
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When Grace first awakens on his ship, the film cuts hectically around, above, and below him, as if to approximate his mental and physical disorientation.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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And the Hindenburg, the largest airship in the world at the time, was the industry’s crowning achievement — as well as a propaganda vehicle for Nazi Germany.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
18 Feb. 2026
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The airship is an example of a technology called high-altitude wind energy (HAWE), which is effectively a floating wind turbine or generator.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Jan. 2026
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Don Abelardo Rodriguez, son of the Mexican president, spotted this plot of land from helicopter and turned it into a private home and eventually the region's first resort.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 Mar. 2026
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The unit has up to 2,400 troops and its command vessel, the USS Tripoli, carries a squadron of F-35 fighters, V-22 Ospreys and helicopters.—
Skylar Woodhouse,
Fortune,
14 Mar. 2026
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“Airframe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airframe. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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