Airplanes

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. What lets us see; the opposite of dark (plural) (6)
  2. 4. A bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars (6)
  3. 6. The central body of an airplane that is designed to accommodate the crew and passengers (8)
  4. 8. The time of the last part of something (4)
  5. 10. The force used in pushing (6)
  6. 13. The airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend (plural) (9)
  7. 14. A wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled ___ that is used to draw trains along railway (6)
  8. 15. An airplane powered by one or more ___ engines (3)

Down

  1. 1. A framework of wood or metal that contains a glass ___ and is built into a wall or roof (plural) (7)
  2. 3. Two-winged insects characterized by active flight (3)
  3. 5. Forces that provide energy and direction (plural) (6)
  4. 7. An aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets (8)
  5. 9. An airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers (7)
  6. 11. The organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract (4)
  7. 12. A movable organ for flying (4)