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Ilyushin Il-2 (Илью́шин Ил-2)
The Ilyushin Il-2 (Илью́шин Ил-2), also known as the Sturmovik, was a Soviet armored ground-attack aircraft of World War II; 36,163 were built, more than any other combat aircraft in history.
Ilyushin Il-28
The Ilyushin Il-28, NATO name "Beagle", is a Soviet three-seat twin-engine jet bomber first flown in 1948; 6,316 were built in the USSR from 1950 to 1956.
Ilyushin Il-38 (Ил-38)
The Ilyushin Il-38 (Ил-38), NATO reporting name "May", is a Soviet four-engine turboprop maritime patrol and anti-submarine aircraft derived from the Il-18 airliner, in service since 1968.
Ilyushin Il-62 (Ил-62)
The Ilyushin Il-62 (Ил-62, NATO name Classic) is a Soviet four-engine long-range narrow-body jet airliner that flew Aeroflot's intercontinental routes for three decades from 1967.
Ilyushin Il-76
The Ilyushin Il-76 (NATO: Candid) is a Soviet four-engine military transport aircraft first flown in 1971, able to carry 40 to 60 tonnes into rough airstrips.
Ilyushin Il-78
The Ilyushin Il-78 (NATO reporting name Midas) is a four-engine Soviet and Russian aerial refueling tanker derived from the Il-76MD transport, first flown in 1983 and in service since 1987.
Ilyushin Il-86 (Ил-86)
The Ilyushin Il-86 (Ил-86) was the first wide-body jet airliner built in the Soviet Union, carrying up to 350 passengers. It first flew in 1976.
Ilyushin Il-96 (Ил-96)
The Ilyushin Il-96 (Ил-96) is a Russian four-engine wide-body airliner developed by Ilyushin, first flown in 1988 and now used mainly for Russian government and presidential transport.
Imperial Airship Scheme
The Imperial Airship Scheme was a British government program announced in 1924 to link the empire by airship, ending when the R101 crashed in France in 1930.
Imperial Airways
Imperial Airways was a British airline formed in 1924 by a government-promoted merger of four carriers, flying routes across the British Empire until it merged into BOAC in 1940.
Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (大日本帝国海軍航空隊)
The Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (大日本帝国海軍航空隊) was the aviation arm of the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1916 until its dissolution at the end of 1945.
In-flight breakup
An in-flight breakup is the structural disintegration of an aircraft in flight, recognized by a wide debris trail, and caused by fatigue, fuel tank explosions, or flutter.
In-flight fire
An in-flight fire is a fire that starts or continues aboard an airborne aircraft, in the cabin, flight deck, cargo holds, or hidden areas like avionics bays.
Incheon International Airport (인천국제공항)
Incheon International Airport (인천국제공항), also known as ICN Airport, is South Korea's largest international airport, opened in 2001 near Seoul and ranked the world's best for 12 years.
Incirlik Air Base
Incirlik Air Base, formerly Adana Air Base, is a joint Turkish–American air base near Adana, Turkey, hosting the U.S. Air Force's 39th Air Base Wing.
Incremental nonlinear dynamic inversion
Incremental nonlinear dynamic inversion, or INDI, is a sensor-based flight control method derived from nonlinear dynamic inversion that needs only the control effectiveness matrix as its model.
Indian Airlines (इंडियन एयरलाइंस)
Indian Airlines (इंडियन एयरलाइंस), also called Indian Airlines Corporation, was India's state-owned domestic airline, created by the Air Corporations Act of 1953 and merged into Air India in 2007.
Indian Airlines Flight 814
Indian Airlines Flight 814, also known as the Kandahar Hijacking, was an Indian airliner hijacked in December 1999 and held at Kandahar, Afghanistan, for a week.
Indian Army Aviation Brigade
An Indian Army Aviation Brigade is a brigade-level formation combining the Army's helicopters, reconnaissance, and drones, with three raised, two along the Line of Actual Control.
Indian MRCA competition
The Indian MRCA competition, formally the MMRCA tender, was an Indian procurement contest for 126 multi-role combat aircraft, launched in 2007, won by the Dassault Rafale in 2012.
Indian Naval Air Arm
The Indian Naval Air Arm, also called the Air Wing of Indian Navy, is the aviation branch of the Indian Navy, operating from carriers and coastal air stations.
Indianapolis International Airport
Indianapolis International Airport, known as Weir-Cook Airport until 1976, is the main airport for Indianapolis, Indiana, 7 miles southwest, handling a record 10.6 million passengers in 2025.
IndiaOne Air
IndiaOne Air is an Indian regional airline based in Ahmedabad operating nine-seat Cessna Caravan flights linking smaller cities, mainly in eastern India, under the UDAN connectivity scheme.
IndiGo
IndiGo, also known as IndiGo Airlines and operated by InterGlobe Aviation, is India's largest passenger airline, a low-cost carrier founded in 2006 by Rahul Bhatia and Rakesh Gangwal.
IndiGo fleet
The IndiGo fleet is the aircraft operated by IndiGo, India's largest airline, numbering 441 Airbus A320-family jets and ATR 72 turboprops as of March 2026.
Indira Gandhi International Airport
Indira Gandhi International Airport, also called Delhi Airport, serves Delhi, India, about 16 km from the city center; it is India's largest aviation hub, ranked ninth busiest worldwide in 2024.
Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501
Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 (QZ8501) was a scheduled Surabaya to Singapore passenger flight that crashed into the Java Sea on 28 December 2014, killing all 162 aboard.
Inertial measurement unit
An inertial measurement unit (IMU) is an electronic device that measures specific force and angular rate in six degrees of freedom, serving as the sensing front end of inertial navigation systems.
Infinite Flight
Infinite Flight is a mobile flight simulator for iOS and Android, first released in 2011, featuring global flight operations, live multiplayer, and human air traffic control.
Inflight smoking
Inflight smoking, also known as smoking on airplanes, is smoking aboard an aircraft, banned on all scheduled passenger flights worldwide through rules adopted between 1973 and 2000.