page_title: Airframe
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Airframe / History
caption_attribution_description: English: 4 types fo Airframe construction 1. Truss with canvas 2. Truss with corrugate plate 3. Monocoque construction 4. Semi-monocoque construction Deutsch: Vier Flugzeugzellen-Konstruktionen: 1. Fachwerk mit Leinwand; 2. Fachwerk mit Wellblech; 3. Ganzschalenbauweise; 4. Halbschalenbauweise
context_page_description: The mechanical structure of an aircraft is known as the airframe. This structure is typically considered to include the fuselage, undercarriage, empennage and wings, and exclude the propulsion system.
  Airframe design is a field of aerospace engineering that combines aerodynamics, materials technology and manufacturing methods with a focus on weight, strength and aerodynamic drag, as well as reliability and cost.
context_section_description: Modern airframe history began in the United States when a 1903 wood biplane made by Orville and Wilbur Wright showed the potential of fixed-wing designs.
  In 1912 the Deperdussin Monocoque pioneered the light, strong and streamlined monocoque fuselage formed of thin plywood layers over a circular frame, achieving 210 km/h (130 mph).
caption: Four types of airframe construction: (1) Truss with canvas, (2) Truss with corrugate plate, (3) Monocoque construction, (4) Semi-monocoque construction.
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