• So is it called airplane because of it's use in other industries, or because of it's shape?

    Not sure. It's triple butted 7005 aluminium.
    It does have specific tube shapes. The top is this 6 sided elongaged teardrop affair, and the downtube is just bloody weird.
    you can get a better idea of the tube shapes in this pic.

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