| SPIRITOFSTLOUIS | Name of the aircraft flown by Charles Linbergh i n the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight (6,2,2,5) |
| PARIS | Where Charles Lindbergh flew in the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight |
| CHECKSIN | Registers for flight (6,2) |
| JET | Aircraft flown by the Blue Angels |
| DRONE | Aircraft flown by remote control |
| BROWN | Arthur Whitten _, navigator of the first successful nonstop transatlantic flight (5) |
| SPIRIT | ___ of St Louis, plane flown by Charles Lindbergh (6) |
| LINDBERGH | Charles ___, US aviator who made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic (9) |
| CHARLESLINDBERGH | US aviator who made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic in 1927 |
| FOSSETT | Steve _, the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in a balloon and in a fixed-wing aircraft (7) |
| STEVEFOSSETT | The first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in a balloon and in a fixedwing aircraft (5,7) |
| BLYTH | Paratrooper turned yachtsman who, in 1971 in the ketch British Steel, became the first person to sail solo nonstop westwards around the world (5) |
| ATACRACKINGPACE | Very hastily attending the front of the aircraft, first class, with due deference (2,1,8,4) |
| TWIST | I n the game of pontoon, to receive a card face upwards (5) |
| POST | Wiley ?, US aviator who made the first solo flight around the world in 1933 |
| EARHART | Amelia ___, US aviator who made the first solo female flight across the Atlantic in 1932 (7) |
| PATSY | Cline who was the first solo female artist elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame |
| AFT | Found at the back of the aircraft towards the tail (3) |
| RAMJET | Out of order, the black sheep of the aircraft industry? |
| STERNWARD | Flight attendant hugs nurse toward the back of the aircraft (9) |
