| BLERIOT | First to fly the Channel |
| PANAMERICAN | First to fly the Boeing 707 |
| EARHART | What was the surname of Amelia, the first woman to fly the Atlantic solo? (7) |
| AMELIAEARHART | American aviator; the first woman to fly the Atlantic solo (6,7) |
| AMELIA | ___ Earhart, American aviator; the first woman to fly the Atlantic (6) |
| EATHART | Amelia, first woman to fly the Atlantic (7) |
| STANDARDS | We need to have some criteria on how to fly the flags (9) |
| AWAYFROMHOME | What the 22Dn are, a method to fly the nest? (4,4,4) |
| HEN | One hoping to fly the coop? |
| HOLDOVER | Postpone, to fly the old in (4,4) |
| BANNERS | Did prohibitionists want to fly the flags? (7) |
| WILLING | Prepared to fly the sick in |
| WANTING | Longing to fly, the insect is trapped in (7) |
| TWEETS | Social media posts like @dril's "awfully bold of you to fly the Good Year blimp on a year that has been extremely bad thus far" |
| BYRD | US naval officer who claimed to have been the first to fly over the North Pole |
| LOUISBLERIOT | First to fly across the English Channel, 1909 |
| LINDBERGH | He was the first to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic (9) |
| WILEY | Aviator Post who was first to fly solo around the world |
| ROOK | Bird in small stream first to fly off (4) |
| RISE | Ascent; the surfacing of a fish to take a fly; the appearance of the Sun or the Moon above the horizon; the height of an arch, incline or step; or, an angry or excited response (4) |
