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An aircraft airframe encompasses the fuselage, wings, tail assembly and undercarriage, providing essential structural strength and rigidity for flight. This critical component is key to an aircraft's performance, efficiency and safety.

Although aircraft may be designed for a variety of different purposes, most of them have the same major components. The major components of an aircraft typically include a fuselage, wings, an empennage, landing gear, and a powerplant. 

In order to understand how the major components and subcomponents of an aircraft work, it is important to be familiar with basic aerodynamic concepts. 

Aircraft, aircraft engines, and propellers are all products that are designed according to specific airworthiness standards published by the FAA. These specific airworthiness standards were developed by the FAA to ensure that aviation products are designed safely. 

The FAA classifies machines operated or flown in the air according to their characteristics and physical properties. Here are some of the most general definitions used by the FAA in regard to aircraft and aircraft groupings.