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airframe

noun

Definition of airframe

as in aircraft

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Recent Examples of airframe Although the plane flew under the Amazon Prime Air branding and network, the e-commerce giant does not hold the air operator certificate or maintenance responsibility for the airframe. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026 Now, Archer, working in close partnership with Anduril, has introduced the Halo, a commercial variant sharing the same core airframe and systems, sans the weaponry. — David Szondy august 04, New Atlas, 4 Aug. 2026 The rapid appearance of multiple Gerbera variants over the past year suggests that new capabilities can be integrated with relatively minor changes to the underlying airframe. — Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026 SpaceX engineers flew drones over the vehicle to inspect its heat shield, getting their best look yet at how more than 18,000 ceramic tiles insulating the ship’s stainless steel airframe weathered the trip to space and back. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 25 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for airframe

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Noun

All 18 men, dressed in blue jumpsuits, were seen boarding the large gray military aircraft.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 2026
Designed to fly at Mach 2 The TMS-10 project centers on a 10- to 15-seat supersonic business aircraft intended for business travel and high-end tourism.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of aircraft

Noun

His art appeared on a Boeing 777 airplane and a Norwegian Cruise Line ship.

— BETH J. HARPAZ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026
In addition to posters, album covers, clothing and household goods, Max’s art has appeared on a Boeing 777 airplane and a Norwegian Cruise Line ship.

— Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of airplane

Noun

On the plane from Lisbon to London, a fire broke out in the cockpit.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026
The pool covers events that are widely open to the press and is in more limited spaces like awaiting the president underneath the wing of Air Force One and travelling with him aboard the plane.

— Garrett Downs, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of plane

Noun

The effect created the illusion of two ships, leaving the enemy unsure which one to target.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2026
By treating the ship as an evolving platform, CSL and Adbri have bypassed the infrastructure gridlock that leaves many zero-emission concepts stranded on the drawing board.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of ship

Noun

Brown says the company plans a blimp that can stay aloft for 24 hours or more within a year, which raises the question of what an advertising airship does at night.

— Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Emphasizing that any drone can be a threat in a restricted area, the FBI referred to an incident last year during the LA fires when a man flew his drone into a Super Scooper water dropping airship, grounding it for five days.

— Tom Wait, CBS News, 30 July 2026

Definition of airship

Noun

Earlier this week, Denmark accused a Russian warship of firing two emergency flares at a Danish military helicopter over the Baltic Sea.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2026
The helicopter had difficulty reaching them, Downpatrick didn’t have his satellite phone, the Wi-Fi cables in the camp below had been damaged due to an avalanche and there was no way to communicate with emergency services.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 19 Sep. 2026

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