| NURMI | Nine-times Olympic Gold Medal runner known as the Flying Finn (5,5) |
| PAAVO | Nine-times Olympic Gold Medal runner known as the Flying Finn (5,5) |
| BENAINSLIE | English sailor and three-times Olympic gold medallist, in the Laser class in 2000 and the Finn class in 2004 and 2008 |
| CARL | ___ Lewis, nine-time Olympic gold medalist in track and field |
| COE | Olympic gold-medal runner Sebastian |
| OWENS | Jesse -, four-times Olympic gold medallist |
| FELIX | Allyson ___, nine-time Olympic medal-winning sprinter competing in Tokyo |
| NADIA | Nine-time Olympic medalist Comaneci |
| PAAVONURMI | Middle distance runner, nicknamed 'the Flying Finn', who won nine Olympic gold medals and set 22 world records (5,5) |
| EMIL | Four-time Olympic gold-medal runner ZA¡topek |
| DOODLEBUG | Nickname for the jet- propelled V-1 missile used by German forces in the Second World War, also known as the flying bomb (9) |
| OTTO | ___ Lilienthal German pioneer of aviation who became known as the flying man |
| ERIC | Wild rice covering small glen known as the Flying Scotsman (4,7) |
| LIDDELL | Wild rice covering small glen known as the Flying Scotsman (4,7) |
| SHAUN | Snowboarder White who's known as the Flying Tomato |
| COLUGO | Asian animal also known as the flying lemur |
| SWISSAIR | Carrier once known as the 'Flying Bank' |
| PACER | AMC car known as "The Flying Fishbowl" |
| ARIE | Racer Luyendyk known as "The Flying Dutchman" |
| VIREN | Lasse, Finnish former long distance runner nicknamed The Flying Finn (5) |
