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Terms for subject Aviation (1801 entries)

airside	the movement area of an airport, including adjacent terrain and buildings or portions thereof, where access is controlled
airside	the part of an airport which is beyond passport controls and so is only meant to be open to the travelling public and to bona fide airport and airline staff.
threading the needle	Flying through the gaps in the air defense radar systems
threshold	The beginning of the portion of the runway usable for landing
threshold crossing height	The height of the glide path (GP) above the runway threshold
threshold lights	Lights placed across the ends of a runway or landing strip to indicate its usable limits
tiltrotor aircraft	A rotorcraft with the axes of the power-driven proprotor blades capable of pivoting from vertical for vertical takeoff, landing, and hover operations to horizontal to derive lift from the wing in cruise
time of activation	The time, expressed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) at which an aircraft departs from, or is estimated to arrive over, a specified point of activation
time-based spacing	TBS	Michae­lBurov
TOF	Time of flight or actual time of flight (The time from weapon release to weapon impact)
torching	The burning of fuel at the end of an exhaust pipe or stack of a reciprocating aircraft engine resulting from an excessive richness in the fuel/air mixture
TOT	turbine outlet temperature	'More
total EET	total estimated elapsed time For IFR flights, the estimated time required from takeoff to arrive over the designated point, defined by reference to NAVAIDs, from which it is intended that an instrument approach procedure (IAP) will be commenced or, if no NAVAID is associated with the destination aerodrome, to arrive over the destination aerodrome
total EET	For VFR flights, the estimated time required from takeoff to arrive over the destination aerodrome
total EET	total estimated elapsed time For IFR flights, the estimated time required from takeoff to arrive over the designated point, defined by reference to NAVAIDs, from which it is intended that an instrument approach procedure (IAP) will be commenced or, if no NAVAID is associated with the destination aerodrome, to arrive over the destination aerodrome
total g	Indicated G
Total Time Since New	TTSN	aldrig­nedigen
touch-and-go	A procedure in which an aircraft lands and then takes off without stopping
touchdown	The point at which an aircraft first makes contact with the landing surface
touchdown	The point where the nominal glide path (GP) intercepts the runway