Airframe - novel - was created in 1996.

Airframe - novel - has 393 pages.

I'm not sure what you mean by 'how does it work' but the airframe is the structural parts of an air or spacecraft. The airframe makes up the parts other than propulsion and electronics. It's such parts as the body, wings and tail. There is no vehicle without the airframe.

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An aerostructure is a component or subsystem of the airframe of an aircraft.