Ian's Airplane search

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. A bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars (6)
  2. 3. A substance that can be consumed to produce energy (4)
  3. 5. A state in northwestern North America (6)
  4. 7. The ___ region of the United States generally including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas (9)
  5. 11. A native or inhabitant of the United States (8)
  6. 13. Someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight (5)
  7. 16. The line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet (7)

Down

  1. 1. An aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets (8)
  2. 4. A small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot (4)
  3. 6. The ___ region of the United States (9)
  4. 8. A stabilizer that is part of the vertical tail structure of an airplane (7)
  5. 9. An excited state of agitation (plural) (5)
  6. 10. A low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body (5)
  7. 12. The aggregation of a country's military aircraft (8)
  8. 14. To be or become joined or ___ or linked (6)
  9. 15. A unit of military aircraft (plural) (5)