| NOSEDIVE | Steep downward plunge by an aircraft |
| CONTRAIL | An artificial cloud created by an aircraft; caused either by condensation due to the reduction in air pressure above the wing surface or by water vapour in the engine exhaust (8) |
| APPROACH | Path followed by an aircraft prior to landing; or, an avenue, sea passage etc as means of access (8) |
| VOLPLANE | In aviation, a steep controlled dive, especially by an aircraft with its engine shut off (8) |
| PAYLOAD | An explosive warhead carried by an aircraft or missile (7) |
| DIVEST | Strip and take a plunge, by the way (6) |
| RANGE | Distance that can be covered by an aircraft without refueling |
| VAPOURTRAIL | Visible line left in the sky by an aircraft (6,5) |
| VECTOR | Course to be taken by an aircraft |
| GLIDEPATH | It's followed by an aircraft when landing (5,4) |
| TRAIL | Smoke/vapour left by an aircraft, sometimes used in skywriting (5) |
| SLIPSTREAM | The stream of air forced backwards by an aircraft propeller (10) |
| SAAB | Auto founded by an aircraft company |
| JETCAR | Vehicle powered by an aircraft engine |
| SKYWRITING | Tracing of words in smoke by an aircraft (10) |
| PANCAKELANDING | Emergency manoeuvre by an aircraft coming in with its undercarriage still retracted (7,7) |
| AIRSTREAM | Current of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller (9) |
| COURSE | Route followed by an aircraft, river or ship; or, a dish forming one of the successive parts of a meal (6) |
| HELICOPTER | On Mars in April 2021, Ingenuity, a robotic ____, made the first powered controlled extraterrestrial flight by an aircraft |
| CHANDELLE | Abrupt climbing turn by an aircraft that uses momentum to increase the rate of ascent; French, 'candle' (9) |
