Major components of an aircraft necessary for flight These include the fuselage, wings, stabilizers, flight control surfaces, etc Also refers to a basic model of an aircraft, e g , the Boeing 707 airframe has both civilian and military applications in a variety of configurations
The fuselage, booms, nacelles, cowlings, fairings, airfoil surfaces (including rotors but excluding propellers and rotating airfoils of engines), and landing gear of an aircraft and their accessories and controls