| JETENGINE | In August, 1939, the Heinkel He-178 flew; it was the first plane successfully powered by a ... (3,6) |
| SELFWORTH | When Harry Short flew, it was a matter of personal pride (4-5) |
| REDBARBER | Announcer on the first televised baseball game, August 1939 |
| ALUMINIUM | In the twenties they built the first plane made entirely of this metal - even the Wright brothers used it in the engine block to reduce weight |
| MOLLYKOOL | Captain ___ ___ (b.1916 - d.2009 ...Canadian who became, in 1939, the first woman in North America to attain the certification of 'Master of a Cargo Steamship in the Home-trade') |
| AERLINGUS | Airline whose first plane was named "Iolar"? (3,6) |
| BUBBLECAR | Heinkel Kabine, Messerschmitt KR200 or the Isetta (6,3) |
| SAQQARA | It was begun c. 2630 BCE, and it was the first pyramid to be built. It housed the tomb of King Djoser, who ruled Egypt during the Third Dynasty. Where is this pyramid located? |
| LOUISBLERIOT | French aviator who flew the first plane between continental Europe and Britain in 1909 (5,7) |
| ZOMBIE | A film starring Bela Lugosi was released in New York City on July 28, 1932; it was the first full-length feature film to feature this undead creature |
| RUTAN | Burt _, aerospace engineer who designed Voyager, which in 1986 bemme the first plane to fly around the world without stopping or refuelling (5) |
| BIKE | Informal word for a velocipede powered by a wheeler or imagined as the transport of a swarm of bees (4) |
| ADAMANT | Insisting it was the first insect to appear in the garden? (7) |
| FLYER | Name shared by a type of advertising and the Wright Brothers" first plane. (5) |
| PADDLESTEAMER | Early form of river transport propelled by a turning wheel powered by a boiler (6,7) |
| RICKSHAW | A two-wheeled hooded carriage, powered by a person on a bicycle or motorcycle (8) |
| ZEPHYR | The 1961 Ruddspeed AC Ace was powered by a 2.6-litre engine from this Ford (6) |
| GOD | Broadcasting to the Commonwealth in 1939, the King announced: "We reverently commit our cause to ... |
| DAYSOFTHUNDER | It was the first of three films to star Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman (4,2,7) |
| SPIRIT | First plane flown solo non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean, the ... Of St Louis |
