SOLUTION The measure of an aircraft's speed relative to the speed of sound MACH JUMBO jets can hold over 300 passengers and weigh over 300,000 pounds In 1947, Chuck Yeager became the first person to break the SOUND barrier The Antonov An-225 Mriya is second only to the SPRUCE Goose in size The first manned BALLOON flight preceded the Wright Brothers by 120 years In July 1909, Louis Bleriot became the first to cross the ENGLISH Channel Many of the first jet powered aircraft were developed in wartime GERMANY Early balloon flights inspired the development of HEAVIER-than-air craft ORVILLE Wright piloted the first successful manned flight in 1903 Amelia Earhart crossed the Atlantic, and in 1937 disappeared in the PACIFIC VOYAGER was the first aircraft to fly around the world nonstop, without refueling In March 2004, NASA's X-43A was the first AIRCRAFT to pass Mach 7 In 1963, X-15 pilot Joseph Walker set an unofficial ALTITUDE record of 67 miles The CONCORDE brought the world over 27 years of Mach 2 commercial flight London's HEATHROW airport serves over 44 million passengers annually The U2 spyplane was designed to fly high enough to avoid MISSILES Credited with 80 kills, the RED BARON is known as the ace of aces Igor SIKORSKY developed the first successful helicopters in the 1930s and 40s In 1947, the Spruce Goose flew with a WINGSPAN of nearly twice a 747 Classified for many years, the SR-71 BLACKBIRD could cruise at Mach 3 Jimmy DOOLITTLE, air racer of the 20s and 30s, led the WWII raid on Tokyo Charles LINDBERGH flew solo from New York to Paris in 1927 Air Force One is the callsign of any airplane carrying the PRESIDENT The SWEPT WING was an innovation that allowed fixed-wing aircraft to fly faster The Boeing Company and Airbus produce most of the world's COMMERCIAL jets Ross Perot, Jr. and Jay Coburn first circled the globe in a HELICOPTER in 1982 The Wright Brothers' FIRST FLIGHT could have taken place inside a Boeing 747 BARNSTORMING by daredevil pilots popularized flying in the 1920s and 30s |  Click Here for the Aviation! Clue Search Puzzle Back to the Puzzle Archive Try Clue Search Puzzles if you've been looking for free downloadable and printable crossword puzzles with trivia-style clues and hidden messages. |
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