Across
- 6. First use of aircraft to deliver postal packages
- 7. First aircraft to exceed the speed of sound
- 8. Location of the Wright brothers’ first powered flight
- 11. Supersonic passenger jet retired in the early 2000s
- 12. Area where aircraft are launched and recovered on carriers
Down
- 1. First human steps on the lunar surface, July 1969
- 2. Experimental aircraft that tested swept-wing design
- 3. Revolutionary design tested by Northrop in the 1940s
- 4. First artificial satellite, sparked the space race
- 5. World’s fastest air-breathing manned aircraft
- 9. Women Airforce Service Pilots during World War II
- 10. Era marked by the introduction of jet-powered flight