The Crossword
Challenge
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With frigid temperatures and an abundance of snow this winter season, some
of us may not be flying as much as
we’d like. Luckily, Myles Mellor has
created another aviation-themed
crossword puzzle to enjoy in the
warmth of our homes.
You can find the answers to this
month’s challenge on page 110.
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Across
1. Aviation type
4. ___ Rutan, American aircraft
designer
7. Air___, the shape of any flying
surface
10. Eternity
11. “Come ___ or shine”
13. Austrian aircraft engine
company
16. Seas
17. Clinton state
18. GPS frequency
19. Angel’s aura
21. Lawrence of Arabia’s initials
22. Astonishment
24. Chevy ___, homebuilt engine,
sometimes
27. Artist’s resume
28. ___ tai, tropical cocktail
29. ___ Mignet, HM- 8 builder
30. Temperature adjuster
32. “ I did it __ way”
33. Square dance partner
34. Airline regulator
35. “I’ll second that”
37. Pilot and team
38. And so on....
40. _____ SA-3A Playboy F-RAD,
Canada’s first homebuilt aircraft
43. Great grades
44. Airport time?
46. Area in front of the hangar
49. Word showing location
50. Genetic letters
51. __ Unser
52. Of the three axes in flight, this
specifies the vertical action
53. Wing it?
54. ___ air, hot air at high pressure
56. O’Hare state
57. An aerodynamic in which fuel
is burned to produce a high-velocity
propulsive jet
58. Eliminate
Down
1. ________built. Alternative to a kit
2. Breakfast grain
3. Plane ground movement
4. Crowd disapproval noise
5. Mother’s brother
6. ATC part
7. ___tailing, rudder controlled yaw-
ing motion to reduce airspeed
8. Light switch option
9. Major aircraft engine company
12. Single, before a vowel
14. Dairy dunker
15. Existing
20. Money machine
22. Flying space?
23. First airplane building brothers
25. Reason’s counterpart
26. Unknown author
27. Eagle type?
31. Calypso company
32. NASA destination
36. Mama sheep
37. Air ___, simple homebuilt air-
craft built and flown by Bernard H.
Pietenpol
38. Have dinner
39. ______to land
40. ___ Composites, Rutan Aircraft
Factory’s second company
41. Teacher’s Assistant, for short
42. Homebuilt aircraft size, gener-
ally
45. Chevy model
47. Type of wood
48. Basis of matter
53. Repair
55. Inside, prefix
