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Traffic Information Service–Broadcast
Traffic Information Service–Broadcast (TIS-B) is a free, advisory-only aviation service in which FAA ground stations broadcast radar-derived traffic information to ADS-B-equipped aircraft within about 15 nautical miles.
Traian Vuia
Traian Vuia (1872–1950) was a Romanian inventor and aviation pioneer who achieved a self-powered take-off in a heavier-than-air airplane at Montesson near Paris in 1906.
Trainer aircraft
A trainer aircraft, also called a training aircraft, is an airplane with dual controls designed to teach pilots to fly, used by civil aviation and military air forces.
Trans World Airlines
Trans World Airlines (TWA), originally Transcontinental & Western Air, was a major American airline based in Missouri that operated from 1930 to 2001, when American Airlines acquired its assets.
Trans World Airlines Flight 847
Trans World Airlines Flight 847 was a Boeing 727 flight from Athens to Rome hijacked by Lebanese hijackers in June 1985 and held for 17 days.
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Trans-Canada Air Lines, also known as TCA or Lignes aériennes Trans-Canada, was Canada's government-owned transcontinental airline, created in 1937 and renamed Air Canada on January 1, 1965.
Transall C-160
The Transall C-160 is a twin-engine tactical military transport aircraft built by a Franco-German consortium, flown by France, Germany, and Turkey from its first flight in 1963 until 2026.
TransAsia Airways Flight 235
TransAsia Airways Flight 235 was a domestic flight in Taiwan that crashed into the Keelung River in Taipei on February 4, 2015, killing 43 of 58 aboard.
Transatlantic flight
A transatlantic flight is an aircraft crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, opened after the First World War from NC-4's staged 1919 crossing to scheduled commercial service by 1939.
Transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown
The transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown was the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic, flown by John Alcock and Arthur Brown from Newfoundland to Ireland in June 1919.
Transavia
Transavia, also known as Transavia Airlines, is a Dutch low-cost airline based at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, founded in 1965 and owned by KLM since 2003.
Transcontinental Airway System
The Transcontinental Airway System was a chain of lighted beacons and landing fields built by the US Post Office in the 1920s to guide airmail pilots at night.
Transponder (aeronautics)
An aircraft transponder is a radio receiver-transmitter that automatically replies to secondary surveillance radar interrogations, returning identity, pressure altitude, and, in Mode S, a unique 24-bit address.
Transport Accident Investigation Commission
The Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) is New Zealand's independent Crown entity investigating aviation, maritime, and rail accidents to determine causes and prevent recurrence, not to assign blame.
Transport Canada
Transport Canada, also called the Canadian Department of Transport, is the federal department responsible for Canada's transportation policies, created in 1936; it regulates civil aviation safety and pilot licensing.
Transport Canada aerodrome identifiers
Transport Canada aerodrome identifiers are four-character Canadian aviation location codes, such as CYVR for Vancouver, assigned by NAV CANADA in two formats, both beginning with the letter C.
Transportation Safety Board of Canada
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is an independent federal agency that investigates aviation, marine, rail, and pipeline accidents to find causes, without assigning fault or liability.
Travel class
Travel class, also called passenger class, is a tier of passenger accommodation on public transport in which higher classes offer more space, better service, and higher fares.
Travis Air Force Base
Travis Air Force Base (Travis AFB) is a US Air Force base in Solano County, California, and the West Coast hub for strategic airlift and air refueling.
Travis Air Force Base Aviation Museum
Travis Air Force Base Aviation Museum, also known as the Travis Heritage Center, is the official Air Force museum at Travis AFB in Fairfield, California.
Tribhuvan International Airport
Tribhuvan International Airport (त्रिभुवन अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय विमानस्थल), also known as Kathmandu Airport, is Nepal's primary international airport in the Kathmandu Valley; it was the country's only international airport from 1949 until 2022.
Tricycle landing gear
Tricycle landing gear is an aircraft undercarriage arrangement with one nose gear forward of the center of gravity and two or more main gear assemblies behind it.
Trijet
A trijet is an aircraft powered by three jet engines, typically two under the wings and one in the tail, prominent in commercial aviation from the mid-1960s to the 1980s.
Trim tab
A trim tab is a small adjustable hinged surface, usually on an elevator's trailing edge, that aerodynamically holds the control in position so the pilot can fly hands off.
Triplane
A triplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with three wing planes stacked one above the other, best remembered through First World War fighters like the Sopwith Triplane and Fokker Dr.I.
True airspeed
True airspeed is the speed of an aircraft relative to the air mass it moves through, equal to calibrated airspeed only at sea level in the standard atmosphere.
TruJet
TruJet, formally Turbo Megha Airways, was an Indian low-cost regional airline based in Hyderabad that flew ATR 72s to smaller cities of south India from 2015 to 2022.
Trump Force One
Trump Force One is the nickname Donald Trump gave his privately owned Boeing 757-200, a gold-trimmed jet that served as his signature 2016 campaign aircraft.
TUI Airways
TUI Airways, known as Thomson Airways until 2017, is a British charter airline owned by TUI Group, flying package-holiday customers from 17 UK and Irish bases to 60 destinations.
Tunis–Carthage International Airport (مطار تونس قرطاج الدولي)
Tunis–Carthage International Airport (مطار تونس قرطاج الدولي), also known as Carthage Airport, is the main airport of Tunisia, serving the capital, Tunis, about 7 km northeast of the city center.