trijet
Plane, three engines
A trijet is an aircraft powered by three jet engines, typically with one mounted in the tail and two on the wings or fuselage.
The configuration was popular for commercial airliners from the 1960s through the 1990s, offering range and power between twin-engine and four-engine designs: The DC-10 and L-1011 were the dominant trijets of their era.
Mid-century American trijet
- DC-10Wide-body trijet airliner
- widebodyBroad-hulled aircraft type
- narrowbodyOne-corridor passenger plane
- airlinerLarge commercial passenger plane
fuselage · airframe · winglet · cargo carrier · fleet · commercial aviation
High-bypass aircraft engine
- powerplantFacility producing electricity
- engineMachine producing motion
- thrustForceful forward motion
- afterburnerExhaust-stream fuel injector
throttle · exhaust · combustion · turbine · nozzle · compressor · bypass · spool
Departure or parody
- climbAscend using effort
- cruiseLeisurely ocean voyage
- descentDownward slope or lineage
- landingDescent's final moment
range · altitude · mach · transonic · long-haul · transcontinental · overwater · flight deck
Mechanism for vertical transport
- dragResistance through fluid
- flapsHinged control surfaces
- rudderPivoting stern blade
- aileronWing-mounted roll control
spoiler · stall · fin · stabilizer · control surface · trim · yaw · pitch
Air transport company
- airportAviation passenger facility
- terminalAt the endpoint
- gateHinged barrier in fence
- tarmacPaved airport surface
runway · hangar · maintenance · ground crew · flight crew · captain · first officer · flight engineer
Boeing 727
Mid-century American trijet
- DC-10Wide-body trijet airliner
- widebodyBroad-hulled aircraft type
- narrowbodyOne-corridor passenger plane
airliner · fuselage · airframe · winglet · cargo carrier · fleet · commercial aviation
turbofan
High-bypass aircraft engine
- powerplantFacility producing electricity
- engineMachine producing motion
- thrustForceful forward motion
afterburner · throttle · exhaust · combustion · turbine · nozzle · compressor · bypass · spool · ignition
takeoff
Departure or parody
landing · range · altitude · mach · transonic · long-haul · transcontinental · overwater · flight deck · cockpit
lift
Mechanism for vertical transport
aileron · spoiler · stall · fin · stabilizer · control surface · trim · yaw · pitch · roll
airline
Air transport company
tarmac · runway · hangar · maintenance · ground crew · flight crew · captain · first officer · flight engineer · passenger