| ALCOCK | John W, English aviator who, with A.W. Brown, made the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic (6) |
| SPIRIT | _ _ _ _ _ _ of St. Louis, airplane in which U.S. aviator Charles Lindbergh made the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic in 1927 (6) |
| LINDBERGH | Aviator who made the first non-stop flight between New York and Paris |
| WRIGHT | Orville ___, US aviator who, with brother Wilbur, is credited with inventing the aeroplane (6) |
| FLYING | Steam locomotive that made its first non-stop run from King's Cross to Edinburgh in 1928 (6) |
| ALCOCKANDBROWN | Aviators who made the first non stop transatlantic flight (6,3,5) |
| STLOUIS | Charles Lindbergh made the first non-stop solo trans-Atlantic flight in his custom built aircraft, the Spirit Of ... (2,5) |
| JACOBS | W W -, English author of 1902 short story collection The Lady of the Barge (6) |
| ROLLS | Charles Stewart ___, British motoring and aviation pioneer who made the first non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane in 1910 (5) |
| EARHART | Amelia ___, US aviator who made the first solo female flight across the Atlantic in 1932 (7) |
| TWELVE | Number of laps behind the winner the first non-toyota car finished at Le Mans this year (6) |
| DIRECT | Non-stop (flight) (6) |
| CHARLESLINDBERGH | US aviator who made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic in 1927 |
| AMELIAEARHART | Aviator who made history in 1932 when she took off from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland becoming the first woman to make a solo flight across the Atlantic |
| TURNER | J.M.W. , English painter and watercolourist played by Timothy Spall in a 2014 film (6) |
| AIRBAG | In 1953, American John W Hetrick was granted a patent for what safety device? (6) |
| ALDISS | Brian W , English science fiction writer noted for the Helliconia trilogy (6) |
| EGYPT | In 1999, the first non-stop balloon flight around the world ended in which country? (5) |
| WILBURWRIGHT | American aviator who, with his brother Orville, is credited with inventing and building the first successful aeroplane (6,6) |
| BLERIOT | Louis ?, French aviator who made the first flight across the English Channel (7) |
