| 1. | Two men hand-installed every rivet bonding metal to airframe.
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| 2. | Vibrations traveled through the airframe faster than the speed of sound.
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| 3. | This saves about 500 pounds, compared to conventional airframe technology.
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| 4. | Lockheed has manufactured the P-3 airframe since the 1960s.
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| 5. | All three of the airframe proposals shared a number of features.
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| 6. | Two complete airframes were built for static and repeated load testing.
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| 7. | Several of the airframes were retained by Junkers for further development.
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| 8. | Thailand was the last remaining government using first generation Harrier airframes.
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| 9. | The airframe was to be designed to avoid the back blast.
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| 10. | The Inquiry discounted the possibility of structural failure of the airframe.
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