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AIRCRAFT REFERENCE SYSTEM

Fuselage Stations and Reference Lines

Stations, buttock lines and water lines used to locate aircraft structure.

Key reference points

  • Stations normally locate positions along the aircraft length.
  • Buttock lines locate positions left or right of a reference plane.
  • Water lines locate vertical positions from a defined datum.
Training-reference boundary

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