| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | MISSION: PLAUSIBLE $200: Start on April 17, 1973 by using 14 aircraft to deliver 186 packages; become this company with $21 bil. in revenue in Q1 of fiscal 2024 FedEx |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | MILITARY SLANG $400: A "bird boat" is one of these, like the U.S.S. Yorktown during World War II an aircraft carrier |
| #8995, aired 2023-12-15 | DOUBLE Y-ed $200: This international radio distress signal used by ships & aircraft comes from the French for "help me" mayday |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | LOOK! UP IN THE SKY! IT'S... $1000: A 350-feet A35-1000 from this aircraft company with another type of transport in its name Airbus |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | PLEASE, ANYTHING BUT "MATH" $1500: This number is the measure of an aircraft's speed compared to the speed of sound--the Concorde's was as high as 2.04 Mach |
| #8931, aired 2023-09-18 | 21st CENTURY NEWS $400: This supersonic aircraft's last commercial flight took place in October 2003 the Concorde |
| #12, aired 2023-05-16 | COMMUNICATION $200: Aircraft using special gear can mix paraffin oil into the exhaust to create this type of expression skywriting |
| #8870, aired 2023-05-12 | ARMY "ANT"s $400: AAA is this type of artillery used to defend against attack from above anti-aircraft |
| #6, aired 2023-05-10 | HISTORIC SHIPS $400: In 1922 the USS Langley was commissioned as the first of these big ships in the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER $200: Using this type of power, the engines of all 10 U.S. Nimitz-class carriers can go decades without refueling nuclear |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER $400: The Navy's only forward-deployed carrier, it was commissioned in 2003 & is nicknamed "The Gipper" the Ronald Reagan |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER $600: Sort of a carrier's garage, this "bay" below decks is where most of the aircraft are stored when not in use the hangar bay |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER $800: The original "Top Gun" was set in part aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise where F-14s, known by this feline name, took off & landed a Tomcat |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER $1000: It's the 8-letter piece of equipment that makes landings possible or a fraternal organization devoted to carriers a tailhook |
| #8819, aired 2023-03-02 | BIRDS NEAR WATER $600: Also the name of a Marine Corps aircraft, this raptor is alternately known as a fish eagle an osprey |
| #8809, aired 2023-02-16 | MILITARY MEN $800: Colorful nickname of Manfred von Richthofen, credited with 80 victories over Allied aircraft between 1916 & 1918 the Red Baron |
| #8769, aired 2022-12-22 | TECHNOLOGY HISTORY $600: Early on Dec. 7, 1941, a new SCR-270 radar device detected but didn't recognize Japanese aircraft over this island Oahu |
| #8707, aired 2022-09-27 | ALPHANUMERICS $1600: This designation of the Starship Enterprise was created partly because U.S. aircraft had "NC" registrations NCC-1701 |
| #8673, aired 2022-06-29 | STANNING THAT SHIP $400: Ocean... the nonfinal frontier. These are the voyages of this; the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, it didn't refuel for 3+ years the Enterprise |
| #8669, aired 2022-06-23 | YOU'VE BEEN BOOKED $200: It's an official record of events during the voyage of a ship or aircraft, captain a log |
| #8654, aired 2022-06-02 | THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE $200: An aircraft carrier is to be named for Dory Miller, who saved many lives during the attack here, December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor |
| #8630, aired 2022-04-29 | THE ATMOSPHERE $400: C.A.T., or "clear air" this, refers to dangerous air currents that can cause problems for aircraft turbulence |
| #8630, aired 2022-04-29 | THE LANGUAGE OF SPORT $400: This term for an unidentified aircraft also may cause hostility as you go one over par on a golf hole a bogey |
| #8629, aired 2022-04-28 | CATCHING YOU SHORT $1600: You might only need a 500-foot-long runway to land an aircraft with STOL short for this short take off & landing |
| #8628, aired 2022-04-27 | AN ANATOMY OF WORDS $400: The forward end of an aircraft or submarine the nose |
| #8625, aired 2022-04-22 | FIRSTS $400: In 1960 the U.S. launched the U.S.S. Enterprise, the first of these big boats that was nuclear powered an aircraft carrier |
| #8575, aired 2022-02-11 | BOATS & SHIPS $1000: The world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, it was launched in 1960 & was the 8th U.S. naval vessel to carry the name the Enterprise |
| #8553, aired 2022-01-12 | WAR MACHINE $600: On "My Grandparents' War" on PBS, Carey Mulligan learns about her grandpa, a specialist in this new technology to detect aircraft radar |
| #8552, aired 2022-01-11 | FALLING $1600: Sometimes used of the stock market, it's a plunge by an aircraft with the forward part pointing down a nosedive (tailspin) |
| #8538, aired 2021-12-22 | AVIATION $1200: Europe's top commercial aircraft manufacturer, its planes include the A220, A320 & the A350 Airbus |
| #8504, aired 2021-11-04 | "ANTI" UP $1200: It's the type of missile used against missiles in flight anti-ballistic |
| #8476, aired 2021-09-27 | A 9-LETTER "N"OUN $1200: Name shared by the first operational stealth aircraft & a nocturnal bird, their prey never sees either one coming Nighthawk |
| #8447, aired 2021-07-20 | HOMONYMS $600: The tilt of an aircraft when turning & the land alongside a river bank |
| #8439, aired 2021-07-08 | WORDS WITH ALL 5 VOWELS $1600: Neil Armstrong got his degree in this type of engineering concerning all things aircraft related aeronautical |
| #8434, aired 2021-07-01 | 14-LETTER WORDS $600: In the 1950s, the RF-101 was the first supersonic aircraft built for this observation purpose reconnaissance |
| #8421, aired 2021-06-14 | THAT'S HEAVY, MAN $600: A Nimitz-class this type of ship can weigh more than 100,000 tons aircraft carrier |
| #8404, aired 2021-05-20 | SAME FIRST NAME $400: Composer Stravinsky & aircraft designer Sikorsky Igor |
| #8399, aired 2021-05-13 | "LIGHT" AT THE END $2000: With a maximum empty weight in the U.S. of 254 pounds, this kind of aircraft isn't just light, it's... ultralight |
| #8394, aired 2021-05-06 | AIR DEMONSTRATION SQUADRONS $800: India's Sarang team doesn't fly jets or any other type of fixed wing plane, but these aircraft helicopters |
| #8373, aired 2021-04-07 | BUSINESS $1000: Although it no longer makes its famous Cubs, this aircraft maker is still in business after more than 80 years Piper |
| #8355, aired 2021-03-12 | LABORATORIES $2000: It's the stinky name for Lockheed Martin's advanced aeronautics lab that developed aircraft like the SR-71 Blackbird the Skunk Works |
| #8320, aired 2021-01-22 | PLANE SPOKEN $1200: Cirrus aircraft have one of these, not for a passenger but for the whole plane; it enabled the no-injury garden landing seen here a parachute |
| #8310, aired 2021-01-08 | HISTORY OF FLIGHT $800: In 1986 an aircraft called Voyager became the first in history to fly non-stop around the world without having to do this refuel |
| #8294, aired 2020-12-03 | TRANSPORTATION $400: The Antonov AN-2, a model of this old-style stack-wing aircraft, was produced until 2001 a biplane |
| #8268, aired 2020-10-28 | DO YOUR JOB! $600: A pilot is the person controlling an aircraft, or in the case of the book "Life on the Mississippi", one of these a steamboat |
| #8265, aired 2020-10-23 | IDIOMS $400: An aircraft's limit, not a stationery item, is in this phrase for going beyond the usual range push the envelope |
| #8264, aired 2020-10-22 | AMERICAN SUPERLATIVES $800: Covering 98 acres, this aircraft company's Everett, Washington plant is the largest building by volume in the U.S. (& the world) Boeing |
| #8241, aired 2020-09-21 | NEW TECHNOLOGY $1600: Airbus' solar-powered unmanned Zephyr aircraft can fly in this area of the atmosphere above the tropopause the stratosphere |
| #8233, aired 2020-06-10 | MILITARY IDIOMS $800: Getting in trouble is called "catching" this, a type of anti-aircraft gun flak |
| #8228, aired 2020-06-03 | IS IT BIGGER THAN A CHICKEN? $600: Yes, & as the largest ships in the U.S. Navy, each is powered by 2 nuclear reactors & can displace 100,000 tons an aircraft carrier |
| #8209, aired 2020-04-23 | HAIRSTYLES $800: Typically short with the hair cropped evenly across the uppermost part, it's also slang for an aircraft carrier a flattop |
| #8188, aired 2020-03-25 | ___ING___ $3,000 (Daily Double): In 1947 a pilot reported 9 circular aircraft doing 1,700 mph near Mount Rainier & these 2-word items entered the modern lexicon flying saucers |
| #8180, aired 2020-03-13 | SMITHSONIAN AIR & SPACE MUSEUM $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in Washington, D.C.) In the 1960s, the rocket-powered North American X-15 went higher and faster than any other aircraft in history with eight pilots who flew it to the fringes of space earning designation as these astronauts |
| #8155, aired 2020-02-07 | CARS $800: Headquartered in Munich, it built aircraft engines before transitioning to motorcycles & cars BMW |
| #8146, aired 2020-01-27 | THE 2019 FORBES GLOBAL 2,000 $2,000 (Daily Double): These 2 6-letter aircraft makers topped the Aerospace section on the list Boeing & Airbus |
| #8141, aired 2020-01-20 | SLOWLY I TURNED $1000: In 2016 the Gerald R. Ford, one of these, took almost an hour & a half to turn 180 degrees; it also needed some tugboats an aircraft carrier |
| #8106, aired 2019-12-02 | MILITARY JARGON & SLANG $1000: Ejecting from an aircraft & using a parachute is called "hitting" this fabric the silk |
| #8080, aired 2019-10-25 | LET'S TALK ABOUT FLIGHT CLUB $200: Now on public display in Ohio, an aircraft popularly known by this name was used by JFK starting in 1962 Air Force One |
| #8063, aired 2019-10-02 | RANGER THINGS $200: In 1933 the Ranger was the U.S. Navy's first purpose-built one of these, but had trouble launching planes in rough seas an aircraft carrier |
| #8041, aired 2019-07-22 | THE LIVING WORLD $2000: The only insect to migrate across an ocean is called the wandering this, like an aircraft type; it covers miles without a wingflap glider |
| #8012, aired 2019-06-11 | WHAT HAPPENED? $1200: In 1918 a British aircraft dropped a note about this pilot's funeral onto a German-held airfield Richthofen (or the Red Baron) |
| #7993, aired 2019-05-15 | MORE THAN 1 MEANING $400: To emerge from an egg, or an opening or door on an aircraft hatch |
| #7993, aired 2019-05-15 | AS DESCRIBED IN THE PATENT $800: 1946:
"Propulsion aircraft systems in which thrust is developed by...the expulsion of a stream of gas through a nozzle" a jet engine |
| #7972, aired 2019-04-16 | THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the Franklin Institute.) The Edward G. Budd Company, maker of metal car parts, tried its hand at aircraft, and produced the first one entirely made of this heavy alliterative alloy to take flight--still has a nice shine to it stainless steel |
| #7928, aired 2019-02-13 | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS $1600: In 1915 the British military deceptively called a prototype a "water carrier", leading to this name tank |
| #7927, aired 2019-02-12 | FAMOUS "N"AMES $2000: A class of aircraft carrier is named for this World War II commander of the U.S. Pacific fleet (Chester) Nimitz |
| #7916, aired 2019-01-28 | GEOGRAPH"E" $2000: This seaport about 25 miles north of Seattle is home to aircraft & technology industries, like Boeing Everett |
| #7911, aired 2019-01-21 | TRANSPORTATION $1000: In the country hit "Drunk on a plane", a 737 is "rockin' like a G6", the G short for this aircraft maker Gulfstream |
| #7887, aired 2018-12-18 | AMERICAN HELICOPTER MUSEUM $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from American Helicopter Museum in West Chester, Pennsylvania.) Nicknamed the "Receiver", the Piasecki PV-14 saved hundreds of lives in search & rescue operations, and in 1962, one lifted this Friendship 7 pilot from his pickup ship to a waiting aircraft carrier John Glenn |
| #7882, aired 2018-12-11 | THE BIG BATTALIONS $400: The U.S. rules the seas with 11 of these mighty ships, more than the rest of the world's fleets combined aircraft carriers |
| #7870, aired 2018-11-23 | YOU'RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BOAT $2000: Seen here is the garage of the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Nimitz, the 700-foot-long by 100-foot-wide this bay the hangar bay |
| #7869, aired 2018-11-22 | '99 PROBLEMS $2000: 1999: As part of NATO operations, a stealth aircraft mistakenly bombed the Chinese embassy in this Balkan capital Belgrade |
| #7850, aired 2018-10-26 | AVIATION HISTORY $400: On Oct. 24, 2003 this supersonic transport aircraft made its last commercial flight the Concorde |
| #7850, aired 2018-10-26 | AVIATION HISTORY $2000: These stack-winged aircraft that remind us of the WWI era were used in combat in 1991 as Croatia fought for its independence biplanes |
| #7838, aired 2018-10-10 | AVIATION $2000: The B-17 bomber was known by this alliterative term, battling anti-aircraft fire to deliver its payload the Flying Fortress |
| #7827, aired 2018-09-25 | OCEAN LINERS $400: In 1918 the unfinished Italian liner Conte Rosso was refitted by the Royal Navy as the first flat-topped one of these an aircraft carrier |
| #7800, aired 2018-07-06 | WRITERS ON SPORTS $200: In 1996 Jim Murray said it was up to Shaq & Olajuwon to stop this guy; short of that, "an anti-aircraft battery" Michael Jordan |
| #7759, aired 2018-05-10 | FAST COMPANY $2000: (Jay Leno presents the clue.) Back around World War I when you wanted to go fast, you put a big aircraft engine in a lightweight car; my 1915 Hispano-Souza uses the same kind of aircraft V8 as the S.P.A.D. flown by this race-car driver & top-scoring U.S. ace of World War I Eddie Rickenbacker |
| #7755, aired 2018-05-04 | DOWN BY THE WATER $200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents.) I'm on board the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, just yards from the spot where Captain "Sully" Sullenberger safely landed US Airways Flight 1549 on this river the Hudson |
| #7746, aired 2018-04-23 | ANYTHING TO "DE"CLARE? $1200: After years of defueling, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier underwent this removal from service in 2017 decommission |
| #7731, aired 2018-04-02 | THREE FOR THE MONEY $400: A successful touchdown of an aircraft on its 2 main wheels & the tail wheel simultaneously a three-point landing |
| #7724, aired 2018-03-22 | AVIATION HISTORY $1200: In the mid-1800s George Cayley sent a 10-year-old aloft on a "governable parachute", which we call this type of aircraft a glider |
| #7684, aired 2018-01-25 | TRAIN TIME $800: World War II aircraft engineer Tadanao Miki later designed the Shinkansen, AKA this train the bullet train |
| #7627, aired 2017-11-07 | KICKING AXIS $3,000 (Daily Double): In this June 1942 battle, Japan lost all 4 of its heavy aircraft carriers & with them, pretty much, the Pacific war Midway |
| #7626, aired 2017-11-06 | THE CIA $600: (Alex gives the clue from the CIA.) In the 1950s and '60s, brave pilots wore body-fitting pressure suits like this one, often flying at higher than 70,000 feet in this alphanumeric reconnaissance aircraft that is still very much in use today U-2 |
| #7604, aired 2017-10-05 | IT'S A PLANE $400: With its pilot dangling beneath it, the 1896 Chanute aircraft was an early one of these gliders a hang glider |
| #7604, aired 2017-10-05 | IT'S A PLANE $1000: This popular little civilian aircraft made by Piper has been called "the Model T of single-engine planes" the (Piper) Cub |
| #7587, aired 2017-09-12 | WHIRLED OF WARCRAFT $1200: Large & in charge barge:
ERRATIC CAR FRIAR an aircraft carrier |
| #7553, aired 2017-06-14 | THE ARMED FORCES $600: Decommissioned in 2009, the Navy's U.S.S. Kitty Hawk is appropriately this type of vessel an aircraft carrier |
| #7527, aired 2017-05-09 | DECEMBER 2016 $400: In the absence of sanctions, this aircraft manufacturer signed a $16.6 billion deal with Iran Boeing |
| #7500, aired 2017-03-31 | SPECIAL DOUBLE K $800: Time to meet this aircraft used by the Germans in World War I the Fokker |
| #7499, aired 2017-03-30 | A VISIT TO THE CIA $800: (Alex reports from the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley, VA.) A predecessor of the SR-71, the fastest aircraft ever flown, the CIA's A-12 Oxcart could do better than Mach 3 & had a handcrafted heat-resistant airframe made mainly of this strong white metal titanium |
| #7496, aired 2017-03-27 | THE WORD IS FLAT $400: This type of crew cut is also an informal term for an aircraft carrier a flat-top |
| #7472, aired 2017-02-21 | "FALL"/"OUT" $1600: Parachuting from a failing aircraft, or rescuing a struggling company bailing out |
| #7455, aired 2017-01-27 | BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Chicago.) Thousands of the USA's aircraft carrier pilots of World War II were trained at Chicago's Navy Pier; one was this future U.S. president who said, "Flying off Lake Michigan was the coldest I ever was in my life" George H.W. Bush |
| #7447, aired 2017-01-17 | ODD COMBINED RESPONSES $2000: Belonging to dictionary maker Mr. Webster + a game in which you might hear, "You sank my aircraft carrier!" Noah's Battleship |
| #7441, aired 2017-01-09 | AIRPORT $1000: A bit longer than an aircraft carrier, 1,300 feet of runway awaits you on Saba, formerly in this nation's Antilles the Netherlands |
| #7404, aired 2016-11-17 | 10-LETTER WORDS $1200: The skill of choosing a path for a ship or aircraft to its destination navigation |
| #7380, aired 2016-10-14 | DOUBLE Y-ed $200: This international radio distress signal used by ships & aircraft comes from the French for "help me" mayday |
| #7365, aired 2016-09-23 | REMEMBERING WORLD WAR I $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Nat'l WWI Museum & Memorial in Kansas City, MO.) The tunic & cap belonged to this Prussian aristocrat who led Germany's wartime military dictatorship, gave his name to an ill-fated aircraft & appointed Adolf Hitler as Germany's chancellor (Paul von) Hindenburg |
| #7360, aired 2016-09-16 | "U" GOT THE LOOK $1000: Referring to its weight, it's the type of recreational aircraft seen here ultralight |
| #7352, aired 2016-07-26 | THEY SERVED OUR COUNTRY $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona.) The B-24 Liberator was the most-produced U.S. aircraft of WWII; pilots who flew it on hazardous bombing missions over Germany included Senator George McGovern & this star of "It's a Wonderful Life" (Jimmy) Stewart |
| #7349, aired 2016-07-21 | THE 1970s $400: On Sept. 26, 1973 this supersonic aircraft made its first transatlantic crossing the Concorde |
| #7322, aired 2016-06-14 | FASHION $800: Bearing the name of a type of aircraft, it was made famous as part of the uniform of WWII U.S. Army Air Corps pilots a bomber jacket |
| #7316, aired 2016-06-06 | AIRCRAFT FOR THE AGES $200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the USS Intrepid.) Operated by British Airways, Concorde Alpha-Delta set a passenger airliner speed record in 1996 when it flew between these two cities in just 2 hours, 52 minutes, & 59 seconds New York & London |
| #7316, aired 2016-06-06 | AIRCRAFT FOR THE AGES $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the USS Intrepid in New York.) Rolled out in 1976, the prototype for the Space Shuttle program was originally to be named the Constitution before a letter writing campaign by fans of a TV series prompted a change to this the Enterprise |
| #7316, aired 2016-06-06 | AIRCRAFT FOR THE AGES $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the USS Intrepid in New York.) The speedy Vought Crusader served as both a fighter & reconnaissance plane; in 1962, the Crusaders flew at treetop level over this country to take crucial photos of Soviet missile installations Cuba |
| #7316, aired 2016-06-06 | AIRCRAFT FOR THE AGES $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the USS Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York.) Flying at more than 2,000 miles per hour, the A-12 Blackbird generated temperatures of 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit, too high for aluminum, so its skin was made of this silvery gray, high-strength metallic element titanium |
| #7316, aired 2016-06-06 | AIRCRAFT FOR THE AGES $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the USS Intrepid in New York.) The Grumman Aircraft Corporation was known as the "Ironworks" for its rugged planes; in its combat debut, a Grumman Avenger returned safely with 67 bullet & 9 cannon holes from this carrier battle, the turning point in the Pacific war Midway |
| #7277, aired 2016-04-12 | FIGHTER PLANES $400: (Kelly gives the clue from the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson.) The F-14 Tomcat's movable swing wings can sweep through an arc of nearly 50 degrees in response to changes in this number, the ratio of an aircraft's speed to the speed of sound Mach |
| #7260, aired 2016-03-18 | TOM, DICK & HARRY $400: Over 1,000 feet long, the USS Harry S. Truman is one of these vessels an aircraft carrier |
| #7228, aired 2016-02-03 | PREFIX IT FOR ME $1000: -aircraft,
-climax anti- |
| #7224, aired 2016-01-28 | 5-LETTER VERBS $400: To remove oneself from a failing aircraft eject |
| #7203, aired 2015-12-30 | AVIATION $200: The mid-1930s TBD Devastator was the first American naval aircraft with one of these that could be totally enclosed a cockpit |
| #7203, aired 2015-12-30 | AVIATION $400: Members of the Caterpillar Club are those whose lives have been saved by using one of these to escape a disabled aircraft a parachute |
| #7186, aired 2015-12-07 | E BEFORE I $200: Goods transported by train, truck, ship or aircraft freight |
| #7162, aired 2015-11-03 | CEREMONIES $1200: 150,000, including the First Lady, attended the 1931 christening of the USS Akron, an ill-fated one of these aircraft a Zeppelin (or an airship) |
| #7150, aired 2015-10-16 | "CAT"EGORICAL $800: These launch devices on Navy aircraft carriers share their name with ancient military machines catapults |
| #7148, aired 2015-10-14 | DC-3 $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Delta Flight Museum in Atlanta, GA.) The first really successful airliner, the DC-3 revolutionized air travel; the name signified the third commercial design from this company that would later merge with McDonnell Aircraft Douglas |
| #7120, aired 2015-07-24 | TRANSPORTATION $200: In 1911 Eugene Ely made the first airplane landing on one of these, the USS Pennsylvania a ship |
| #7096, aired 2015-06-22 | OLD JERSEY, NEW JERSEY $1600: In the early '20s Lakehurst, N.J. had a hangar as big as 3 football fields, built to hold 2 of these aircraft Zeppelins (or dirigibles) |
| #7071, aired 2015-05-18 | YOU'LL "HANG" ON EVERY WORD $800: It's the sport of flying in lightweight unpowered aircraft hang gliding |
| #7067, aired 2015-05-12 | PHYSICAL SCIENCE $400: A bummer, man, or an aerodynamic force opposing an aircraft's motion through the air due to friction drag |
| #7064, aired 2015-05-07 | AMERICA'S GOT TALONS $1000: A golf tourney was the scene of a catch made by this seabird, also the name of a tiltrotor hybrid aircraft an osprey |
| #7055, aired 2015-04-24 | USS INTREPID $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the USS Intrepid in New York.) Proving that the aircraft carrier now ruled the seas, Avenger torpedo planes from the USS Intrepid helped sink the Musashi & the Yamato, the largest ever of this heavily armed, soon-to-be-obsolete class of warship a battleship |
| #7041, aired 2015-04-06 | DOUBLE A $600: AAM refers to this repetitive missile, like a Sidewinder air-to-air |
| #7036, aired 2015-03-30 | HODGEPODGE $1200: This aircraft carrier named for the site of Cornwallis' surrender did not survive the Battle of Midway Yorktown |
| #7028, aired 2015-03-18 | INTERNATIONAL CRIME DICTIONARY $400: In German a Luftpiraterie is one of these crimes an aircraft hijacking |
| #7025, aired 2015-03-13 | THEY FOUGHT IN THE BIG ONE $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona.)
Flying a TBM Avenger in 1944, this 20 year old naval aviator bailed out after his plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire over the island of Chichi-jima, making him the only U.S. president to have literally been shot down in combat George H. W. Bush |
| #7006, aired 2015-02-16 | AVIATION $800: The USS Macon, one of these, first flew in 1933 & was designed to launch & retrieve airplanes in flight a dirigible (or zeppelin) |
| #6965, aired 2014-12-19 | THE WWII WASP $200: The first women to fly U.S. military aircraft made up WASP, the "Women Airforce Service" these Pilots |
| #6958, aired 2014-12-10 | THE FALCON $1600: This alphanumeric aircraft is also known as the Fighting Falcon F-16 |
| #6946, aired 2014-11-24 | "TAR" GET $1600: The capital of Kiribati, it shares its name with a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier Tarawa |
| #6935, aired 2014-11-07 | THE REAGAN LIBRARY $200 (Daily Double): (Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, CA.) On August 19, 1981, an international incident occurred when two U.S. Navy F-14s flying patrol over the Gulf of Sidra were attacked by two fighter jets flown by this country; the Tomcats returned fire, downing both enemy aircraft Libya |
| #6917, aired 2014-10-14 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $2000: Like a ship's, an aircraft's speed is typically measured in these units knots |
| #6914, aired 2014-10-09 | WORLD WAR I SLANG $2000: A German verb meaning "punish", by war's end it meant attacking with machine-gun fire from low-flying aircraft strafe |
| #6800, aired 2014-03-21 | FLYING INTO HISTORY $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, AZ.) The F4U Corsair's unusual bent wings helped reduce
the aircraft's drag; the wings also folded to save storage space when it operated from these, as it did in the Pacific in both World War II & the Korean War an aircraft carrier |
| #6800, aired 2014-03-21 | ABBREV-"E"-ATIONS $1000: (Alex Trebek delivers the clue from Ramstein Air Base in Germany.) Ramstein Air Base is home to a squadron that coordinates bringing wounded warriors home; from counting oxygen tanks to configuring the aircraft for non-ambulatory patients, it's the 86th AES, which is short for "aeromedical" this kind of "squadron" evacuation |
| #6774, aired 2014-02-13 | STATE GOVERNORS $400: In the 1970s this Texas governor served in the U.S. Air Force flying C-130 tactical airlift aircraft Rick Perry |
| #6748, aired 2014-01-08 | LOOK! UP IN THE SKY! IT'S... $1000: A 350-seat A350-1000 from this aircraft company with another type of transport in its name Airbus |
| #6734, aired 2013-12-19 | THE BEST DEFENSE $1000: The USA's cold war-era Skysweeper was this kind of artillery weapon anti-aircraft |
| #6733, aired 2013-12-18 | BOMB $800: The Stuka, a key German weapon of World War II, was this type of aircraft that releases its bombs at low altitude a dive bomber |
| #6679, aired 2013-10-03 | THAT '70s FILM $2000: An aircraft hangar in Alabama was used to create the landing area behind this Wyoming landmark in "Close Encounters" Devil's Tower |
| #6667, aired 2013-09-17 | OP-EDS $800: In 2013 Charles Krauthammer wrote "In Defense of" the use of these controversial aircraft drones |
| #6665, aired 2013-08-02 | TRANSPORTATION $1,500 (Daily Double): In 1784 2 Frenchmen built Europe's first flying model of this type of aircraft; its rotors were made of feathers a helicopter |
| #6656, aired 2013-07-22 | '60s SPEECHES $1,200 (Daily Double): "The aircraft oe., the United States of America treacherously invaded the air space of the Soviet Union" Nikita Khrushchev |
| #6646, aired 2013-07-08 | DOD ABCS $200: AAA can stand for this kind of artillery anti-aircraft |
| #6633, aired 2013-06-19 | INTELLIGENCE $1200: Better geographic intelligence could have aided the failed 1980 Iran hostage rescue, as helicopters were disabled by these sandstorms |
| #6626, aired 2013-06-10 | AVIATION $1200: The first aircraft to provide regular service between Europe & North America, it made 11 trips to Lakehurst, N.J. The Hindenburg |
| #6621, aired 2013-06-03 | MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD $2000: Ah-nold could tell you this drone aircraft has 24-hour endurance
and can carry
antitank missiles a Predator |
| #6618, aired 2013-05-29 | DIRECTIONAL PEOPLE $1600: In 1939 this man founded his aircraft company, which would acquire the Grumman Corporation in '94 Northrop |
| #6599, aired 2013-05-02 | NAVAL VESSELS $600: The USS Carl Vinson, this type of ship, is nearly as long as the Empire State Building is tall aircraft carrier |
| #6588, aired 2013-04-17 | AVIATION PIONEERS $1600: Sikorsky Aircraft, named for a pioneer in this type of aircraft, still makes them, including the Seahawk a helicopter |
| #6559, aired 2013-03-07 | LONDON TRANSPORTATION $200: This largest airport serving London has 4 holding areas over southern England for aircraft waiting to land Heathrow |
| #6523, aired 2013-01-16 | THE TRANSPORTER $400: An aircraft carrier is named for this North Carolina town where history was made in 1903 Kitty Hawk |
| #6520, aired 2013-01-11 | THE KOREAN WAR $800: The Korean War was the first time that this type of aircraft was used to carry troops into combat a helicopter |
| #6512, aired 2013-01-01 | CONSERVATION $2000: In 2001, scientists wore suits to look like this bird & flew an aircraft to show captive-borns how to migrate a whooping crane |
| #6490, aired 2012-11-30 | CLASSIFICATION IS IN $400: Classes of these ships include Kitty Hawk, Enterprise & Nimitz aircraft carriers |
| #6467, aired 2012-10-30 | TYPES OF AIRCRAFT $200: No motor needed when soaring in a sailplane, one type of this a glider |
| #6467, aired 2012-10-30 | TYPES OF AIRCRAFT $400: Numerical name for the early 20th century craft seen here a triplane |
| #6467, aired 2012-10-30 | TYPES OF AIRCRAFT $800: Used in Vietnam, the F-105 was this kind of craft, combining the 2 basic types of combat aircraft a fighter-bomber |
| #6467, aired 2012-10-30 | TYPES OF AIRCRAFT $1000: This Douglas plane with an alphanumeric all-rhyming name dominated airline travel in the '30s a DC-3 |
| #6467, aired 2012-10-30 | TYPES OF AIRCRAFT $1,600 (Daily Double): Webster's dictionary from 1806 defined an aeronaut as "an aerial sailor in" one of these a (hot-air) balloon |
| #6457, aired 2012-10-16 | 29 & HOLDING $600: This B-29 aircraft that dropped the first atomic bomb was named for the mother of pilot Paul Tibbets the Enola Gay |
| #6454, aired 2012-10-11 | ALLITERATIVE AMERICANS $2,000 (Daily Double): Among the holdings in his financial empire were an aircraft company, RKO Pictures & lots of stock in TWA Howard Hughes |
| #6451, aired 2012-10-08 | THE OED SAYS IT'S... $200: "A mechanical device on an aircraft... consisting of two or more blades" a propeller |
| #6401, aired 2012-06-18 | AMERICAN ISLANDS $400: Shemya Island in this group was a refueling stop for military aircraft flying the great circle route to the Far East the Aleutian Islands |
| #6375, aired 2012-05-11 | 1, 2, 3, "GO" $400: An aircraft that carries mainly goods, not people, is this type of plane cargo |
| #6366, aired 2012-04-30 | TRANSPORTATION $600: It's a rotary-winged aircraft having one or more power-driven rotors on vertical axes a helicopter |
| #6364, aired 2012-04-26 | 3-SYLLABLE WORDS $2000: A narrow passageway; a restricted airspace for the passage of aircraft corridor |
| #6357, aired 2012-04-17 | WE'LL LEAVE TONIGHT $400: 822 aircraft with parachutists & gliders hit the skies during the night preceding this June 6, 1944 event the storming of the beach of Normandy (D-Day) |
| #6344, aired 2012-03-29 | LOOKING TO THE FUTURE $400: A 2009 Air Force report envisions the possibility of these flying robots replacing all its manned aircraft drones |
| #6342, aired 2012-03-27 | MILITARY NICKNAMES & SLANG $1200: This term for an unidentified aircraft or missile is also used on the golf course a bogey |
| #6321, aired 2012-02-27 | DOUBLE "I" $600: For an aircraft, it's the slow movement on the ground before takeoff taxiing |
| #6299, aired 2012-01-26 | RETRONYMS $800: PBS' Jay Jay the jet plane has a friend in Big Jake, this type of plane a propeller aircraft |
| #6299, aired 2012-01-26 | BAVARIA $1600: The aircraft businesses of Gustav Otto & Karl Rapp merged to form this Munich company now known for cars Bavarian Motor Works (BMW) |
| #6294, aired 2012-01-19 | WEAPONS OF WORLD WAR II $800: Ships in the U.S. Navy's Casablanca class of "escort" these were smaller than their big cousins like the Lexington aircraft carriers |
| #6280, aired 2011-12-30 | ON DECK $800: The USS Nimitz carries 90 aircraft on this aptly named deck; its area takes up about 4.5 acres the flight deck |
| #6280, aired 2011-12-30 | THE MOST EXPENSIVE EVER $1000: The most expensive aircraft ever built is this alphanumerically named stealth bomber, at $2 billion apiece the B-2 |
| #6255, aired 2011-11-25 | PORTMANTEAU WORDS $1000: This word refers to the visible path in the wake of an aircraft a contrail |
| #6227, aired 2011-10-18 | THE 2011 FORTUNE 500 $800: No. 36, this co. got "a $30 billion contract to supply refueling aircraft to the Air Force, beating European rival Airbus" Boeing |
| #6213, aired 2011-09-28 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $1000: Juan de la Cierva invented this rotary-wing aircraft that taxied for takeoff & was replaced by the helicopter the autogiro |
| #6206, aired 2011-09-19 | IT'S A DOGFIGHT $800: In 1950 a U.S. F-80 shot down a Soviet-made MiG-15 in the first dogfight between 2 aircraft propelled by this engine type a jet |
| #6197, aired 2011-07-19 | JOEY $1200: A joey of this marsupial with the same name as a non-powered aircraft takes flight at about 3 1/2 months a glider |
| #6184, aired 2011-06-30 | AIRCRAFT CARRIER NAMES $200: Shades of "Star Trek": the U.S. Navy's aircraft carrier CVN 65 is named this the Enterprise |
| #6184, aired 2011-06-30 | AIRCRAFT CARRIER NAMES $400: A woman born Mamie Doud christened this carrier the Eisenhower |
| #6184, aired 2011-06-30 | AIRCRAFT CARRIER NAMES $600: Aircraft carriers named for stinging insects include the USS Wasp & this one, now a museum the Hornet |
| #6184, aired 2011-06-30 | AIRCRAFT CARRIER NAMES $1000: An aircraft carrier was named this, a fictional Tibetan land of eternal youth Shangri-La |
| #6184, aired 2011-06-30 | AIRCRAFT CARRIER NAMES $2,200 (Daily Double): The adjective meaning "courageous" is the name of a carrier that's now a (floating) historic landmark Intrepid |
| #6181, aired 2011-06-27 | DAS KAPITALISTS $2000: This fighter-plane designer joined the Bavarian aircraft works in 1926; in 1938 the company took his name Messerschmitt |
| #6152, aired 2011-05-17 | FLIGHT SIMULATION $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew sits in a flight simulator.) The simulator's primary flight display indicates the aircraft's trajectory; place the bird here on this line that defines the boundary between earth & sky & you'll get level flight the horizon |
| #6148, aired 2011-05-11 | 2011 NEWS $200: Acting under Chapter VII of their charter, the U.N. voted to institute one of these over Libya, grounding Qaddafi's aircraft a no-fly zone |
| #6132, aired 2011-04-19 | ON THE BRITISH MONARCHY'S WEBSITE $800: If the Queen has an engagement outside London, her journeys often use a helicopter or an aircraft from this military group the Royal Air Force (RAF) |
| #6128, aired 2011-04-13 | VIRGIN BERTHS $400: On March 15, 2006 the George H.W. Bush was launched as the 10th & final ship in the Nimitz class of these an aircraft carrier |
| #6112, aired 2011-03-22 | A NUMBER LESS THAN 10 $600: Points in a perfect aircraft landing 3 |
| #6109, aired 2011-03-17 | AVIATION $400: This leading maker of commercial jets & military aircraft is also NASA's prime contractor for the Intl. Space Station Boeing |
| #6083, aired 2011-02-09 | "HAWK" EYES $1200: This aircraft carrier named for a North Carolina site has been nicknamed "Battle Cat" the Kitty Hawk |
| #6035, aired 2010-12-03 | PLANE CRAZY $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from a plane at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington.) Each side was painted differently to look like a different aircraft when this plane was used in a film about this B-17 named for a Tennessee girl the Memphis Belle |
| #6024, aired 2010-11-18 | PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES $1000: In 1967 the Douglas Aircraft Company merged with this aircraft company McDonnell |
| #6006, aired 2010-10-25 | CHOOSE YOUR WEAPON $1000: The USS Harry S. Truman an aircraft carrier |
| #5976, aired 2010-09-13 | IN THE SKY $1200: The Harrier is a V/STOL aircraft, the V standing for this, meaning the plane goes almost straight up on takeoff vertical |
| #5973, aired 2010-07-28 | PARENTING $1000: Parents who hover too much over their kids have come to be called this type of parents, after a certain aircraft helicopter parents |
| #5964, aired 2010-07-15 | FLYBOYS $400: In 1915 Adolphe Pegoud became one of the first to be called this after shooting down 5 aircraft a flying ace |
| #5953, aired 2010-06-30 | AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR I $400: A seaplane called the Campania was designed to take off from the deck of this; seems to defeat the purpose of a seaplane an aircraft carrier |
| #5953, aired 2010-06-30 | AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR I $1200: Structurally, the Fokker Dr. I was this type of plane design (hint: the 320 built had a total of 960 wings) a triplane |
| #5953, aired 2010-06-30 | AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR I $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Museum of Flight in Seattle, WA.) The Newport 28 at the Museum of Flight was the model used by Quentin, the son of this U.S. president; Quentin was killed in aerial combat over France in July 1918 Theodore Roosevelt |
| #5953, aired 2010-06-30 | AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR I $2000: Germany's Halberstadt CL IV was powered by this engine brand named for a girl Mercedes |
| #5953, aired 2010-06-30 | AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR I $3,000 (Daily Double): The Schutte-Lanz company also made dirigibles in Germany, but it was this company whose airships terrorized London Zeppelin |
| #5930, aired 2010-05-28 | FLY ME, BUT NOT TO THE MOON $400: You are now free to move about the country on this company's New Mexico One aircraft Southwest |
| #5926, aired 2010-05-24 | TOOL WORDS & PHRASES $1200: Single word meaning to disembark from an aircraft deplane |
| #5893, aired 2010-04-07 | 2-WORD SCIENCE RESPONSES $200: When an aircraft achieves this speed based on an Austrian's name, you'll hear a boom Mach 1 |
| #5887, aired 2010-03-30 | ALSO A CAR RENTAL COMPANY $800: The first nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier Enterprise |
| #5886, aired 2010-03-29 | STUPID ANSWERS $2000: Congressman Carl Vinson was lucky to have a massive aircraft carrier & this peak in Antarctica named for him Vinson Massif |
| #5860, aired 2010-02-19 | TECHNOLOGY $1000: These drone aircraft controlled from Nevada have been attacking targets in Pakistan Predator drones |
| #5849, aired 2010-02-04 | MILITARY MATTERS $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Museum of Flight in Seattle, WA.) Because synchronization with the propeller hadn't been developed yet, the gun was mounted above the propeller arc on the Caproni Ca.20, which the Museum of Flight considers the first of this basic type of military aircraft fighter plane |
| #5845, aired 2010-01-29 | THE U.S. SENATE $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the deck of the USS John C. Stennis.) Several aircraft carriers are named for presidents; this one's named for John C. Stennis, who chaired this defense-oriented U.S. Senate committee from 1969 to 1980 the Armed Services Committee |
| #5808, aired 2009-12-09 | HULL OF FAME $800: More than 1,000 feet long, the USS John F. Kennedy is one of these large ships an aircraft carrier |
| #5802, aired 2009-12-01 | "TU" MUCH $800: On U.S. aircraft carriers, power comes from nuclear reactors & these steam-powered rotary engines turbines |
| #5794, aired 2009-11-19 | YOU'VE GOT ME IN HISTORICS! $800: On April 21, 1918 this German pilot credited with downing 80 enemy aircraft was killed in his triplane; Snoopy's revenge? the Red Baron |
| #5785, aired 2009-11-06 | GET MOVING $1600: Kitty Hawk is one of the classes of this large Navy ship (aircraft) carrier |
| #5761, aired 2009-10-05 | HOMOPHONIC PAIRS $600: An undecorated aircraft a plain plane |
| #5750, aired 2009-09-18 | THE MUSEUM OF FLIGHT $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Museum of Flight in Seattle, WA.) Piloting Corsairs over the Solomon Islands, this Marine squadron led by "Pappy" Boyington shot down about 100 Japanese aircraft the Black Sheep |
| #5712, aired 2009-06-09 | FUN WITH LETTERS $200: In the name of military aircraft, this letter precedes 2 & 52 B |
| #5712, aired 2009-06-09 | UPPERS & DOWNERS $600: The V-22 Osprey aircraft flies like a turboprop but takes off & lands like this a helicopter |
| #5696, aired 2009-05-18 | THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE MARINE CORPS $1000: (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Quantico, VA.) An aircraft key to Marine history is the AV-8B jump jet, known by this 7-letter name; it can carry Sidewinders & laser-guided bombs the Harrier |
| #5674, aired 2009-04-16 | GIVE ME SOME DIRECTION $1600: (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from a helicopter airfield at Marine Base Quantico.) The aircraft of marine Helicopter Squadron 1 take off from here at Quantico to pick up the president at this area outside the White House the South Lawn |
| #5637, aired 2009-02-24 | IN THE NAVY $400: In navy slang a flattop is this type of modern warship an aircraft carrier |
| #5635, aired 2009-02-20 | THE HUSTLER $600: HMH-772, call name "Hustler", is a Marine Corps squadron of these craft helicopters |
| #5621, aired 2009-02-02 | ABOARD AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the USS John C. Stennis in San Diego, CA.) As the deck's too short for normal takeoff, jets are propelled up to 165 miles per hour in 2 seconds by these steam-powered launchers that share their name with an ancient military device catapults |
| #5621, aired 2009-02-02 | ABOARD AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the USS John C. Stennis in San Diego, CA.) A structure called the island, 150 feet tall, but only 20 wide at the base, houses the ship's command centers, including this place where you'll find the helmsmen the bridge |
| #5621, aired 2009-02-02 | ABOARD AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the USS John C. Stennis in San Diego, CA.) The circular shape of USS John C. Stennis's seal signifies its ability to circle the globe without refueling; its nuclear power gives it the speed of 30 of these, which would be about 800 miles a day knots |
| #5621, aired 2009-02-02 | ABOARD AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the USS John C. Stennis in San Diego, CA.) Often, the first jets sent up, E-2Cs, provide early warning & detection to carriers & bear this name of a "Last of the Mohicans" character Hawkeye |
| #5621, aired 2009-02-02 | ABOARD AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the USS John C. Stennis in San Diego, CA.) Cables stop 150-mile-per-hour aircraft in a 400-foot stretch with this system that transfers force using fluid--same principle as the brakes of your Pontiac hydraulics |
| #5551, aired 2008-10-27 | "E"ASY DOES IT $1200: Trekkies might know that F-14A Tomcats were first assigned to this aircraft carrier in 1974 the Enterprise |
| #5523, aired 2008-09-17 | 19, 20, 21 & 22 $800: The USAF's Stealth fighter aircraft known as the F-22 also bears the name of this "robbing" dinosaur the Raptor |
| #5508, aired 2008-07-16 | POTPOURRI $800: This developer of the first practical helicopter built & flew the first 4-engine aircraft in 1913 Sikorsky |
| #5506, aired 2008-07-14 | MILITARY MATTERS $1200: In WWII the Germans mounted redesigned 88mm anti-aircraft guns on the Tiger 1 version of this weapon tanks |
| #5487, aired 2008-06-17 | TYCOONS $800: This eccentric billionaire aircraft-maker turned to communications satellites in the 1960s Howard Hughes |
| #5471, aired 2008-05-26 | "J" WALKING $2000: Military term for the person in charge of paratroopers as they exit an aircraft a jumpmaster |
| #5445, aired 2008-04-18 | I'M AN ANIMAL $1000: Boeing has named a military aircraft after this bird that's showing off its flight capabilities an osprey |
| #5429, aired 2008-03-27 | LOCO FOR LOGOS $1000: This company is named after the aircraft carrier the owner served on during World War II Enterprise Rent-A-Car |
| #5429, aired 2008-03-27 | VIVA ITALIA $1600: Modeled in part on aircraft landing gear, this brand of motor scooter was first produced in Tuscany in 1946 Vespa |
| #5408, aired 2008-02-27 | A BILLION REASONS $1000: This eccentric billionaire formed an aircraft company in 1934 to design racers Howard Hughes |
| #5395, aired 2008-02-08 | MILITARY AIRCRAFT $400: The German Stuka was this type of plane named for the way it zoomed toward the ground to deliver its ordnance a dive bomber |
| #5395, aired 2008-02-08 | MILITARY AIRCRAFT $800: This country's big bomber of the 1950s was the TU-95 Bear the Soviet Union |
| #5395, aired 2008-02-08 | MILITARY AIRCRAFT $1200: McDonnell's F-4 fighter used in the United States in the Vietnam War was known as this... oops... hey, where'd it go? the Phantom |
| #5395, aired 2008-02-08 | MILITARY AIRCRAFT $1600: Vertol, later Boeing Vertol, developed these, like the Sea Knight & the Chinook helicopters |
| #5395, aired 2008-02-08 | MILITARY AIRCRAFT $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada.) Used regularly in Iraq, this aircraft with an aggressive name is designated MQ-1; the 1 means it's the first of its kind, a long-range, unmanned, recon aircraft the Predator |
| #5387, aired 2008-01-29 | JUST PLANE FUN $1600: It's a recreational 1-seat, 1-engine aircraft that weighs no more than 254 pounds & carries 5 gallons of fuel or less ultralight |
| #5360, aired 2007-12-21 | FOR THE BIRDS $2000: A tilt-rotor aircraft used by the U.S. military bears the name of this fish-eating hawk an osprey |
| #5309, aired 2007-10-11 | WORD ORIGINS $1600: The name of this type of aircraft is from 2 Greek words meaning "spiral wing" a helicopter |
| #5299, aired 2007-09-27 | THE U.S. AIR FORCE $600: (Alex reports in front of a U.S. Air Force aircraft.) AWACS-E3s were among the very first airborne assets to deploy during this August 1990 operation, establishing round-the-clock radar capability Desert Shield |
| #5299, aired 2007-09-27 | THE U.S. AIR FORCE $800: (Alex reports from inside an aircraft cockpit.) The many sensors of the F-22A Raptor, allowing it to track, identify & destroy enemy threats without being detected, make it the epitome of this kind of fighter stealth |
| #5289, aired 2007-09-13 | ONE THING OR ANOTHER $400: On Oct. 31, 1961, the U.S. Navy discontinued its squadrons of these made for them by Goodyear Aircraft blimps |
| #5287, aired 2007-09-11 | "AA" $800: This Scandinavian auto company started out in 1937 as a national aircraft manufacturer Saab |
| #5285, aired 2007-07-27 | WORLD OF WARCRAFT $800: Stinger missiles are used against low-flying aircraft & are known as this-to-air ground (or surface) |
| #5281, aired 2007-07-23 | ADVENTURES IN THE AIR $2000: In 1907 Paul Cornu became the first man to fly freely in one of these horizontally rotored aircraft a helicopter |
| #5279, aired 2007-07-19 | RHYME TIME $1000: An engineless aircraft for a brown recluse a spider glider |
| #5256, aired 2007-06-18 | MIDWAY $2000: In the 1950's & '60s Midway was home to crews who flew radar aircraft in this Cold War detection line the DEW line |
| #5249, aired 2007-06-07 | PUBLISHING $1000: "Electronic Mission Aircraft" & "Fighting Ships" are put out by this publisher with a feminine-sounding name Jane's |
| #5231, aired 2007-05-14 | WAR OF WORDS $1,200 (Daily Double): From the French for "to go out" comes this term for an aircraft mission sortie |
| #5192, aired 2007-03-20 | TIME FOR A HAIRCUT $400 (Daily Double): Sailors on an aircraft carrier might have this short cut that's also slang for their ship a flat top |
| #5150, aired 2007-01-19 | AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL $3,201 (Daily Double): The "blip" on an FAA radar screen is the signal that identifies an aircraft's call sign & these 2 numerical values altitude and speed |
| #5129, aired 2006-12-21 | FIRE WHEN READY $1000: A 1967 accident aboard the U.S.S. Forrestal, one of these ships, caused a tragic fire aircraft carrier |
| #5125, aired 2006-12-15 | STRUCTURES $200: Once essential in hot, dry forest weather, this type of structure is less necessary in an age of aircraft & cell phones a fire tower |
| #5030, aired 2006-06-23 | PROMINENT 20th CENTURY WOMEN $2000: She was not only the first woman to exceed Mach 1 & Mach 2 but also the first to land a jet on an aircraft carrier Jacqueline Cochran |
| #4959, aired 2006-03-16 | DON QUIZ-OTE $2000: In 1967 this man's aircraft company merged with McDonnell Aircraft (Donald) Douglas |
| #4945, aired 2006-02-24 | ATTENTION, SPACE CADETS $800: In 2005 this SW city's annual UFO Festival featured a parade with aircraft flying over it looking for alien invaders Roswell (New Mexico) |
| #4914, aired 2006-01-12 | PARACHUTING WITH THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew prepares to jump from an aircraft at Fort Bragg, NC.) Beginning parachuters usually jump with a partner, referred to as this term from the Latin for "at length" tandem |
| #4906, aired 2006-01-02 | HISTORIC NICKNAMES $1200: This type of aircraft was the nickname of Sir Arthur Harris, who sent waves of them over Nazi Germany bomber |
| #4896, aired 2005-12-19 | WE WANNA KNOW "Y" $800: The Navy has had 2 aircraft carriers with this Revolutionary War name; the first was sunk at Midway Yorktown |
| #4887, aired 2005-12-06 | HARD "BALL" $600: During WWII a barrage series of these was anchored to inhibit low-flying aircraft attacks barrage balloons |
| #4882, aired 2005-11-29 | THE MIRACLE OF FLIGHT $1600: 2 main types of aircraft are rotary wing, like helicopters, & this type of "wing", like your standard passenger planes fixed wing |
| #4853, aired 2005-10-19 | WORLD WAR I $800: This American flying ace shot down 26 enemy aircraft & received the French Croix de Guerre Rickenbacker |
| #4838, aired 2005-09-28 | ELEMENTARY, MY DEAR $400: The U.S. refused to sell this gas to the Zeppelin Aircraft Company, which used the more flammable hydrogen instead helium |
| #4819, aired 2005-07-14 | LEND ME YOUR "EAR"s $1000: Often causing difficulties for aircraft, it's a sudden change in wind direction & speed shear |
| #4812, aired 2005-07-05 | VEHICLES $1200: This '70s model from American Motors sounds like an imp that used to torment WWII aircraft the Gremlin |
| #4793, aired 2005-06-08 | THE JETS $400: The first & only jet aircraft used by this nation's air force in WWII was the Gloster Meteor England |
| #4793, aired 2005-06-08 | THE JETS $800: The first private jet aircraft to enter mass production was the 23 Continental from this company Lear |
| #4719, aired 2005-02-24 | WITHOUT A TRACE $400: The Dept. of the Navy says over 70 ships & aircraft have vanished in this infamous Atlantic Ocean region the Bermuda Triangle |
| #4696, aired 2005-01-24 | SHIPS' NAMES $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew stands before an aircraft carrier.) The U.S.S. Tarawa takes its name from an atoll where a fierce battle between the U.S. & this nation took place Japan |
| #4688, aired 2005-01-12 | THE "RAM"s $2000: In one of these engines, the fuel is burned in a duct with air compressed by the forward motion of the aircraft ramjet |
| #4683, aired 2005-01-05 | "ROLL" CALL $1000: Appropriate 7-letter term for the first public showing of an aircraft rollout |
| #4664, aired 2004-12-09 | AVIATION $6,600 (Daily Double): 3-letter word for the side-to-side movement of the aircraft's nose, controlled in part by the rudder yaw |
| #4662, aired 2004-12-07 | AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS $400: The Australian Aircraft & Engineering Co. assembled the AVRO 504K, sent to this fledgling company in 1921 Qantas |
| #4660, aired 2004-12-03 | ON THE GO $400: In 1936 this company's DC-3 became the first successful commercial airliner; some are still in service Douglas |
| #4658, aired 2004-12-01 | AMERICANA $400: One of FedEx's original 13 Falcon jets from 1973 is in this Smithsonian museum; they've gone to bigger aircraft the National Air and Space Museum |
| #4636, aired 2004-11-01 | 3-LETTER WORDS $800: 3-letter word for a short trip in a small aircraft a "hop" |
| #4616, aired 2004-10-04 | AVIATION $800: In chemistry, it maintains a mixture resistant to change; when flying it controls the pitch of an aircraft the stabilizer |
| #4565, aired 2004-06-11 | "TOUCH" ME $200: A landing made by an aircraft or a space vehicle a touchdown |
| #4550, aired 2004-05-21 | GUINNESS RECORDS $1000: With a 212-foot wingspan, this jet from Boeing is the world's largest passenger aircraft in service the 747 |
| #4504, aired 2004-03-18 | A BEASTLY CATEGORY $400: Nearly synonymous with the term "light plane", this Piper aircraft model first flew in 1937 the Piper Cub |
| #4497, aired 2004-03-09 | FILE UNDER "C" $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew) The Eurocopter EC130 B4 has great visibility because this transparent part of the aircraft is enlarged the canopy |
| #4470, aired 2004-01-30 | FROM "A" TO "E" $400: A fighter pilot has to shoot down 5 or more enemy aircraft to earn this nickname ace |
| #4451, aired 2004-01-05 | NAVAL BATTLES $2000: The U.S. lost the destroyer Hammann & the aircraft carrier Yorktown in this June 1942 battle in the north Pacific Midway |
| #4434, aired 2003-12-11 | RAPPIN' WITH THE RAPTORS $800: Raptor subgroups include eagles, falcons & this one that shares its name with a vertical takeoff jet aircraft a harrier |
| #4424, aired 2003-11-27 | "X" MARKS THE SPOT $2000: In the early '60s this research aircraft flew faster than 4,000 mph & higher than 340,000 feet the X-15 |
| #4375, aired 2003-09-19 | PILOT TALK $600: It's the movement of an aircraft under its own power on the ground taxi |
| #4371, aired 2003-09-15 | ON THE "ITZ" $1000: A class of aircraft carriers bears the name of this commander of the U.S. Pacific fleet during WWII Nimitz |
| #4352, aired 2003-07-01 | HOW DO YOU... $600: Decelerate hard, line 'er up, fire up the engines in case the cables don't catch you & you have to take off again land on an aircraft carrier |
| #4300, aired 2003-04-18 | "ULTRA", MAN $1000: A single-seat aircraft powered by a small motor ultralight |
| #4273, aired 2003-03-12 | YOU DESERVE A METAL $2000: Used in paint, aircraft parts & golf clubs, it's as strong as steel but nearly half the weight titanium |
| #4251, aired 2003-02-10 | 4-LETTER VERBS $200: As a noun, it's the rear portion of an aircraft; as a verb, it means to follow & keep under surveillance tail |
| #4236, aired 2003-01-20 | "S"-ENCE $1200: This auto company whose logo is seen here began as one of Sweden's main builders of military aircraft Saab |
| #4177, aired 2002-10-29 | THE "B.G."s $1000: A naval force made up of an aircraft carrier & support vessels battle group |
| #4149, aired 2002-09-19 | AIRPLANES $200: Combat aircraft are usually either fighters or these, like the B-1 bombers |
| #4131, aired 2002-07-15 | FUN IN THE CITY $4,000 (Daily Double): At the United States Air Force Museum just outside this Ohio city, you can see 9 presidential aircraft Dayton |
| #4122, aired 2002-07-02 | MAPMAKING $400: Photogrammetry is the science of making maps from photographs taken from these aircraft |
| #4120, aired 2002-06-28 | "J"EOGRAPHY $400: No roads lead into this U.S. state capital; it can only be reached by aircraft or boat Juneau |
| #4117, aired 2002-06-25 | "JUMP" FOR JOY $1000: It's the person in charge of military paratroopers when they exit an aircraft jumpmaster |
| #4115, aired 2002-06-21 | MILITARY MATTERS $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew demonstrates.) First used to look at national landmarks, this toy was used in World War II for training in aircraft identification View-Master |
| #4105, aired 2002-06-07 | SHIPS $200: In 2001 an aircraft carrier named for this former president was christened by his wife Nancy Reagan |
| #4103, aired 2002-06-05 | FLY ME $1000: His name rings true as the man whose company built copters & the X-1, the first aircraft to break the sound barrier (Lawrence) Bell |
| #4052, aired 2002-03-26 | D.C. ABBR. $600: The CAB was concerned with these craft that taxi; it was dissolved back in 1984 aircraft |
| #4047, aired 2002-03-19 | FLIGHT $1200: This developer of the first practical helicopter built & flew the first 4-engine aircraft in 1913 Sikorsky |
| #3903, aired 2001-07-18 | KANSAS CITIES $200: In the 1960s this largest Kansas city became the world's largest producer of general aviation aircraft Wichita |
| #3874, aired 2001-06-07 | TAKE ME TO THE PILOT $300: Before first breaking the sound barrier, he had "The Right Stuff", shooting down 13 German aircraft in WWII Chuck Yeager |
| #3868, aired 2001-05-30 | THE VERY MODE "L" $200: In February 2000 American Airlines began removing some coach seats on its aircraft to allow for more of this Legroom |
| #3797, aired 2001-02-20 | TRANSPORTATION $600: An aircraft that can take off & touch down on water or land is called this, like a class of animals Amphibious |
| #3796, aired 2001-02-19 | BIG SCREEN BRAINBUSTERS $800: In "The Final Countdown", this aircraft carrier travels back in time to just before the attack on Pearl Harbor Nimitz |
| #3769, aired 2001-01-11 | IN THE NAVY $3,000 (Daily Double): In 1960 the USA went boldly where no one had gone before & launched this nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Enterprise |
| #3714, aired 2000-10-26 | TECHNOLOGY $800: This lifesaving device had its first live test in 1946 from a Gloster Meteor aircraft Ejection seats |
| #3707, aired 2000-10-17 | ANIMANIA $400: This U.S. desert rattlesnake shares its name with an anti-aircraft missile a sidewinder |
| #3677, aired 2000-09-05 | I WANNA "NO" $1000: Like those in place in northern & southern Iraq, it's an area forbidden to aircraft No-Fly zone |
| #3626, aired 2000-05-15 | AIRLINE TRAVEL $300: This airline term for "to get off an aircraft" sounds like Tattoo's line on "Fantasy Island" Deplane |
| #3597, aired 2000-04-04 | "A.C." $200: The U.S. Navy has 12 of these equipped with steam-driven catapults aircraft carriers |
| #3591, aired 2000-03-27 | CONVEYANCES $300: In WWII this Piper aircraft was used to "bear" pilots aloft for reconnaissance Piper Cub |
| #3526, aired 1999-12-27 | THE SUNFLOWER STATE $800: Manufacturers like Cessna help this city produce over half of the USA's civilian aircraft Wichita |
| #3493, aired 1999-11-10 | TRANSPORTATION $800: The tail rotor counters torque on this type of aircraft developed in the 1930s Helicopter |
| #3321, aired 1999-02-01 | SHOW BOAT $200: This type of ship can hold over 5,000 sailors Aircraft carrier |
| #3303, aired 1999-01-06 | THE CIA $400: Advanced CIA methods have included use of this high altitude aircraft; one was shot down May 1, 1960 U-2 |
| #3301, aired 1999-01-04 | NAME THAT BOARD GAME $400: "You sank my aircraft carrier!" Battleship |
| #3289, aired 1998-12-17 | TOUGH HODGEPODGE $1000: In 1913 this Kiev-born aircraft designer built Le Grand, the world's first 4-engine plane Sikorsky |
| #3256, aired 1998-11-02 | RING A BELL? $600: On Oct. 14, 1947 he flew a Bell X-1 aircraft 662 miles per hour Chuck Yeager |
| #3139, aired 1998-04-02 | LAUNCH THIS! $300: The device that launches planes from aircraft carriers is named for this medieval rock-thrower a catapult |
| #3138, aired 1998-04-01 | "HI" FIVE $200: Seize control of an aircraft, or greet actor Lemmon hijack |
| #3108, aired 1998-02-18 | MILITARY POWER $400: It's an order for aircraft to get off the ground ASAP or an egg order to the mess hall cook scramble |
| #3072, aired 1997-12-30 | TRANSPORTATION $100: The Sikorsky Skycrane, this type of aircraft, can lift 10 tons while hovering helicopter |
| #3047, aired 1997-11-25 | GENERAL SCIENCE $300: This line of visible condensation of water droplets occurs in the wake of a jet aircraft a contrail (or jet trail) |
| #2975, aired 1997-07-04 | HISTORY OF THE SEAS $500: In June 1942 U.S. dive bombers sank 3 Japanese aircraft carriers at this central Pacific battle Midway |
| #2970, aired 1997-06-27 | TRANSPORTATION $500: Bridgeport, Conn.'s airport is named for this helicopter pioneer whose aircraft plant was in the city Igor Sikorsky |
| #2935, aired 1997-05-09 | TRANSPORTATION $2,000 (Daily Double): This consortium of European aircraft makers is headquartered near Toulouse, France Airbus |
| #2905, aired 1997-03-28 | ALBUQUERQUE $500: Every October Albuquerque holds an international fiesta of these aircraft Hot air balloons |
| #2901, aired 1997-03-24 | AVIATION $400: In 1988 a Greek cyclist pedaled 74 miles across the Aegean in an aircraft named for this father of Icarus Daedalus |
| #2864, aired 1997-01-30 | TRANSPORTATION $100: These engineless aircraft have longer & narrower wings than powered aircraft gliders |
| #2845, aired 1997-01-03 | 1990s BUSINESS $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1992 Hughes Aircraft Co., a division of this automaker, agreed to buy part of General Dynamics General Motors |
| #2843, aired 1997-01-01 | THE KOREAN WAR $200: One of the war's innovations was the use of these aircraft for observation & for evacuation of the wounded helicopters |
| #2832, aired 1996-12-17 | "BEA"S $200: A lighthouse, or a radio transmitter that guides aircraft Beacon |
| #2826, aired 1996-12-09 | EXPLORERS $600: On Nov. 29, 1929 this American flew over the South Pole in his trimotor aircraft, the Floyd Bennett Admiral Richard Byrd |
| #2779, aired 1996-10-03 | SCIENCE $200: This 4th letter of the Greek alphabet is used to describe a high-speed aircraft wing type delta |
| #2771, aired 1996-09-23 | TECHNOLOGY $200: Device that stealth aircraft technology is designed to trick radar |
| #2760, aired 1996-09-06 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $300: This company has been the world's top commercial aircraft maker for more than 30 years Boeing |
| #2721, aired 1996-06-03 | ARCHITECTURE $200: It's a high-roofed shed in which aircraft are stored & repaired a hangar |
| #2695, aired 1996-04-26 | TRANSPORTATION $800: The first flight of an aircraft powered by this type of engine occurred in 1939 in Germany jet engine |
| #2677, aired 1996-04-02 | DJIA STOCKS $500: It's America's largest maker of commercial aircraft & that's the plane truth Boeing |
| #2633, aired 1996-01-31 | TRANSPORTATION $400: This type of aircraft is sometimes called a sailplane Glider |
| #2620, aired 1996-01-12 | FLYING $500: Referring to the way certain aircraft rise up & touch down, the abbreviation VTOL stands for this vertical takeoff and landing |
| #2611, aired 1996-01-01 | LEFTOVERS $300: This aircraft company built the Bulldog, Pup & Snipe as well as the Camel Sopwith |
| #2596, aired 1995-12-11 | U.S. CITIES $500: During World War II this Kansas city produced 26,000 military aircraft Wichita |
| #2583, aired 1995-11-22 | TRANSPORTATION $600: In 1910, it became the first type of aircraft to offer commercial passenger service Dirigible |
| #2577, aired 1995-11-14 | "G" WHIZ $100: A swinging couch suspended from a vertical frame or a light aircraft with no engine Glider |
| #2552, aired 1995-10-10 | SCIENCE $600: Konstantin Tsiolkovsky designed the 1st of these devices in Russia to test scale model aircraft a wind tunnel |
| #2534, aired 1995-09-14 | TRANSPORTATION $200: This U.S. government agency regulates the manufacture of civilian aircraft the FAA |
| #2528, aired 1995-09-06 | THE 20th CENTURY $400: In 1947 he was at the controls when the world's largest aircraft made its first & only flight Howard Hughes |
| #2427, aired 1995-03-07 | METALS $800: This strong, light metal used in supersonic aircraft was discovered by William Gregor titanium |
| #2396, aired 1995-01-23 | AVIATION $200: This man developed his 2-seat Cub aircraft from the earlier Taylor J-2 Cub Piper |
| #2371, aired 1994-12-19 | PRO FOOTBALL $300: It's the only NFL team whose insignia depicts an aircraft the New York Jets |
| #2357, aired 1994-11-29 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $300: In 1967 Douglas Aircraft merged with this military aircraft supplier McDonnell |
| #2335, aired 1994-10-28 | SAILING ALONG $100: Flattop is a nickname for this type of military ship an aircraft carrier |
| #2335, aired 1994-10-28 | LIGHT $200: Guinness says the lights atop this mid-Manhattan skyscraper are visible to aircraft 300 miles away the Empire State Building |
| #2333, aired 1994-10-26 | FAMOUS NAMES $400: An oil well drill bit formed the basis of his empire, which stretched into aircraft & movies Howard Hughes |
| #2325, aired 1994-10-14 | 1943 $600: Igor Sikorsky was granted 2 patents on this type of aircraft the helicopter |
| #2317, aired 1994-10-04 | NICKNAMES $1,600 (Daily Double): In the early 1900s he received his nickname for his brightly-colored albatross aircraft the Red Baron (Baron Manfred von Richthofen) |
| #2300, aired 1994-09-09 | TRANSPORTATION $1000: Between 1928 & 1937, this German aircraft, the LZ-127, traveled over 1 million miles the (Graf) Zeppelin |
| #2290, aired 1994-07-15 | FEDERAL AGENCIES $400: This agency establishes safety standards for aircraft & helps plan & develop airports the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) |
| #2259, aired 1994-06-02 | NEW YORK CITY $400: The Intrepid, one of these ships, has been turned into a sea, air & space museum an aircraft carrier |
| #2253, aired 1994-05-25 | SHIPS & BOATS $300: In this popular strategy game, it takes 5 direct hits to sink an aircraft carrier Battleship |
| #2210, aired 1994-03-25 | KANSAS $500: Most of the nation's general aviation aircraft are produced in the area of this largest Kansas city Wichita |
| #2159, aired 1994-01-13 | MILITARY SLANG $400: These huge naval ships have been referred to as bird boats aircraft carriers |
| #2152, aired 1994-01-04 | AIRCRAFT $200: During WWI Anthony Fokker developed a gear to synchronize a machine gun with this the propeller |
| #2152, aired 1994-01-04 | AIRCRAFT $600: This joint product of British Aerospace & Aerospatiale has a cruise speed of Mach 2 the Concorde |
| #2152, aired 1994-01-04 | AIRCRAFT $800: This manufacturer's 1938 307 Stratoliner was the first pressurized airliner Boeing |
| #2152, aired 1994-01-04 | AIRCRAFT $1000: This company manufactured the L-1011 Tristar passenger plane Lockheed |
| #2152, aired 1994-01-04 | AIRCRAFT $3,000 (Daily Double): Man who created the following flying design Leonardo da Vinci |
| #2063, aired 1993-07-21 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: Fly an aircraft without a companion or instructor solo |
| #2036, aired 1993-06-14 | AIRCRAFT $200: Their first practical airplane was the Flyer III in 1905 the Wright brothers |
| #2036, aired 1993-06-14 | AIRCRAFT $400: This country's Tupolev TU-26 bomber of the 1980s was known to NATO as the Backfire Bomber the Soviet Union |
| #2036, aired 1993-06-14 | AIRCRAFT $600: The Junkers J-1 & Fokker D-VII were planes built by this country during World War I Germany |
| #2036, aired 1993-06-14 | AIRCRAFT $800: In 1979 Bryan Allen's Gossamer Albatross became the 1st aircraft powered this way to cross the English Channel man power |
| #2036, aired 1993-06-14 | AIRCRAFT $1000: In 1939 this Russian- born engineer built the VS-300, the USA's first successful helicopter Sikorsky |
| #1984, aired 1993-04-01 | GENERAL SCIENCE $300: Aircraft often use the "gyro" type of this instrument, as it's unaffected by local magnetic fields a compass |
| #1981, aired 1993-03-29 | GEOGRAPHY $800: In the 1942 battle for this atoll, the Japanese lost 4 aircraft carriers & a heavy cruiser to the U.S. Midway |
| #1973, aired 1993-03-17 | AVIATION $800: British aircraft designer whose firm came up with the triplane & the camel Sopwith |
| #1961, aired 1993-03-01 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $300: In 1967 McDonnell Aircraft merged with this aircraft firm Douglas |
| #1940, aired 1993-01-29 | RECENT HISTORY $400: In 1986 U.S. aircraft bombed Tripoli & Benghazi in this country Libya |
| #1905, aired 1992-12-11 | ACES $300: Of 3, 5 or 10, the number of enemy aircraft a fighter must shoot down to qualify as an ace 5 |
| #1878, aired 1992-11-04 | TRANSPORTATION $400: In 1990 Eppo Numan became the 1st person to fly an ultralight aircraft across this ocean the North Atlantic |
| #1841, aired 1992-09-14 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $1000: This Seattle firm leads all others in the U.S. in export sales Boeing Aircraft |
| #1753, aired 1992-03-25 | TRANSPORTATION $200: The first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, or Captain Kirk's spaceship Enterprise |
| #1721, aired 1992-02-10 | ORGANIZATIONS $200: The Soaring Society of America was founded in 1932 to promote the use of this aircraft a glider |
| #1716, aired 1992-02-03 | PRESIDENTIAL CHILDREN $600: On May 27, 1967 she christened the aircraft carrier named for her father Caroline Kennedy |
| #1688, aired 1991-12-25 | U.S. NAVY $500: During the 1950s the Navy named a class of aircraft carriers for this 1st Defense Sec'y James Forrestal |
| #1684, aired 1991-12-19 | U.S. CITIES $400: Since the 1920s Boeing aircraft has been the mainstay of this city's economy Seattle |
| #1652, aired 1991-11-05 | TRANSPORTATION $1000: Japan's Hosho, launched in 1922, was the first warship designed specifically for this use launching airplanes (aircraft carrier) |
| #1621, aired 1991-09-23 | TECHNOLOGY $400: In 1958 it became the first American jet aircraft put into commercial service the Boeing 707 |
| #1615, aired 1991-09-13 | TRANSPORTATION $300: Some people call these rotary-wing aircraft "eggbeaters" helicopters |
| #1611, aired 1991-09-09 | WORD ORIGINS $600: The name of this type of aircraft comes for the Greek meaning "spiral wings" helicopter |
| #1605, aired 1991-07-19 | U.S. CITIES $500: This largest city in Kansas is the world's top producer of general aviation aircraft Wichita |
| #1599, aired 1991-07-11 | TRANSPORTATION $500: The autogiro is considered a predecessor of this aircraft a helicopter |
| #1559, aired 1991-05-16 | COLORFUL WORDS & PHRASES $500: Common name for an aircraft's removable flight recorder black box |
| #1549, aired 1991-05-02 | WEATHER $300: In the Northern Hemisphere, eastbound aircraft fly with this to gain speed & save fuel the jet stream |
| #1511, aired 1991-03-11 | “SEX” EDUCATION $300: The instrument used by navigators to determine the position of ships & aircraft a sextant |
| #1472, aired 1991-01-15 | MEN OF SCIENCE $600: He built his own helicopter in 1909 & in 1913 developed the first multi-engine aircraft Sikorsky |
| #1457, aired 1990-12-25 | AVIATION $100: It's what the F stands for in the numerical designations of U.S. military aircraft such as F-15 fighter |
| #1457, aired 1990-12-25 | AVIATION $200: In 1919, the founder of this Seattle-based aircraft firm helped carry the first international airmail Boeing |
| #1457, aired 1990-12-25 | AVIATION $300: Family of Soviet military aircraft originally designed by Mikoyan & Gurevich the MiGs |
| #1457, aired 1990-12-25 | AVIATION $400: This type of aircraft was first used in warfare in 1944 when Sikorsky YR-4s evacuated casualties helicopters |
| #1457, aired 1990-12-25 | AVIATION $500: This aircraft company, based in St. Louis, is our nation's largest defense contractor McDonnell Douglas |
| #10, aired 1990-08-18 | FAMOUS NAMES $200: This aviator & aircraft manufacturer died in an airplane en route to Texas April 5, 1976 Howard Hughes |
| #1352, aired 1990-06-19 | TRANSPORTATION $1000: This Russian-born aircraft designer founded an aircraft company in the U.S. in 1923 (Igor) Sikorsky |
| #1346, aired 1990-06-11 | JAPAN $500: Former P.M. Tanaka was convicted of bribery in a 1983 scandal involving this U.S. aircraft corp. Lockheed |
| #1332, aired 1990-05-22 | "NORTH" $300: The founder of Lockheed later founded this competing aircraft company named for himself Northrop |
| #1217, aired 1989-12-12 | AVIATION $400: To identify nationality, U.S. civil aircraft must use this letter as part of the registration no. N |
| #1182, aired 1989-10-24 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $800: The agency that licenses all civilian pilots & aircraft both private & commercial FAA (Federal Aviation Administration |
| #1180, aired 1989-10-20 | AVIATION $800: It's Boeing's highest numbered model passenger aircraft currently flying 767 |
| #1171, aired 1989-10-09 | WISCONSIN $400: The Experimental Aircraft Assn. holds an annual fly-in in this city, by gosh Oshkosh |
| #1162, aired 1989-09-26 | NAVIGATION $400: Navstar, one of these, allows aircraft & ships to determine their position anywhere on Earth a satellite |
| #1134, aired 1989-07-06 | AMERICAN CITIES $200: More than 60% of the world's general aviation aircraft are built in this city, Kansas' largest Wichita |
| #1120, aired 1989-06-16 | ORGANIZATIONS $1000: Headquartered at Rebel Field, Harlingen, Texas, this group restores & flies vintage WWII aircraft the Confederate Air Force |
| #1059, aired 1989-03-23 | HAIRDOS $300: A variation on the crew cut, or slang for an aircraft carrier flattop |
| #1018, aired 1989-01-25 | AMERICAN HISTORY $300: The 1st U.S. use of military aircraft was against this Mexican revolutionary in 1916 Pancho Villa |
| #1017, aired 1989-01-24 | FLYING MACHINES $2,000 (Daily Double): The highest model number of Boeing aircraft currently in commercial use 767 |
| #952, aired 1988-10-25 | AVIATION FIRSTS $600: Paul MacCready won the Kremer Prize in 1977 for creating the 1st successful aircraft powered by this human power (man) |
| #948, aired 1988-10-19 | "LIGHT" $800: A minimum weight, open-sided, single seater aircraft powered by a small engine an ultralight |
| #935, aired 1988-09-30 | TRANSPORTATION $2,000 (Daily Double): The largest ships afloat are these oil tankers (supertankers) |
| #930, aired 1988-09-23 | TRANSPORTATION $500: These are actually wingless aircraft that fly just inches off the water hovercrafts |
| #909, aired 1988-07-14 | MILITARY AIRCRAFT $200: A P-47 Thunderbolt bearing name of WWII ace Hubert Zemke was displayed under this Paris landmark after war the Eiffel Tower |
| #909, aired 1988-07-14 | MILITARY AIRCRAFT $400: In 1949, the, "Lucky Lady II" became 1st airplane to complete this, taking 94 hours & 1 minute a non-stop trip around the world |
| #909, aired 1988-07-14 | MILITARY AIRCRAFT $600: In 1921, 3 biplane bombers helped this general prove planes could sink battleships Billy Mitchell |
| #909, aired 1988-07-14 | MILITARY AIRCRAFT $800: The 1931 Curtiss "Shrike" was 1st U.S. military plane with these on wings to reduce landing speed flaps |
| #909, aired 1988-07-14 | MILITARY AIRCRAFT $1000: The primary letter & number identification of the Boeing "Superfortress" of WWII the B-29 |
| #864, aired 1988-05-12 | WEAPONS $200: An AA gun is a weapon designed as anti- this aircraft |
| #851, aired 1988-04-25 | AUCTIONS $1000: Guinness says greatest corporate auction was this Co's purchase of Hughes Aircraft for $5 billion General Motors |
| #821, aired 1988-03-14 | ARTILLERY $200: When on the ground, Snoopy would find this, an "AA gun" useful agienst attacks by the Red Baron anti-aircraft |
| #816, aired 1988-03-07 | HOW TO... $400: Determine it's not a conventional aircraft, a meteor, or a weather balloon How do you identify a UFO |
| #816, aired 1988-03-07 | SHIPS $400: Type of U.S. Navy ship whose identification # begins with the letters "CV" aircraft carrier |
| #765, aired 1987-12-25 | TRANSPORTATION $200: 1st aircraft carrier powered by this, the U.S.S. Enterprise can travel over 400,000 miles w/out refueling nuclear power |
| #739, aired 1987-11-19 | AVIATION $1,000 (Daily Double): One of the two biggest makers of commercial jet aircraft engines in the United States Pratt and Whitney & GE |
| #721, aired 1987-10-26 | FLYING ACES $100: Shoot down at least 5 enemy aircraft, including airships or observation balloons qualifications for an ace |
| #718, aired 1987-10-21 | AVIATION $800: 1st flown in 1954, the 1st jet transport built in the U.S. was this aircraft that's still widely used Boeing 707 |
| #642, aired 1987-05-26 | STARTS WITH "K" $600: Fuel now used mostly to fuel jet aircraft engines kerosene |
| #634, aired 1987-05-14 | PHYSICAL SCIENCE $1,000 (Daily Double): In aerodynamics, 2 of the 4 basic forces that act on an aircraft (2 of) thrust, drag, lift & weight |
| #620, aired 1987-04-24 | "A.C." $300: The Enterprise & the Nimitz, for example aircraft carriers |
| #613, aired 1987-04-15 | THE MILITARY $1000: "OTH" radar, that bounces signals off the ionosphere to detect aircraft, stands for this over the horizon |
| #575, aired 1987-02-20 | ANCIENT TIMES $400: World Book calls this toy, said to originate in China about 3000 years ago, the oldest form of aircraft kite |
| #546, aired 1987-01-12 | TRANSPORTATION $1000: This city in Kansas is world's largest producer of civilian aircraft Wichita |
| #503, aired 1986-11-12 | WOMEN FIRST $200: The 1st woman to do this from an aircraft was Georgia "Tiny" Broadwick, in 1913 over L.A.'s Griffith Park parachute jump |
| #479, aired 1986-10-09 | AVIATION $400: The aircraft Leonardo da Vinci designed all relied on this power source human power |
| #474, aired 1986-10-02 | "GIVE" & "TAKE" $100: An aircraft's initial ascent takeoff |
| #472, aired 1986-09-30 | INITIALS $200: Originally the Bavarian Aircraft Works, this automaker still uses a stylized propeller as its logo BMW |
| #427, aired 1986-04-29 | WORLD WAR I $400: When this country declared war on Germany in April 1917, it didn't have a single combat aircraft the USA |
| #365, aired 1986-01-31 | TRANSPORTATION $500: In April 1981, this Space Shuttle was the 1st winged aircraft to fly in space the Columbia |
| #330, aired 1985-12-13 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: Japan's prime minister Tanaka was tried in '75 for accepting bribes from this aircraft company Lockheed |
| #306, aired 1985-11-11 | "NORTH" $500: The founder of this aircraft company also helped form its competitor Lockheed Northrop |
| #289, aired 1985-10-17 | SOVIET UNION $400: Russia's lost 15,000 men & 300 aircraft & controls less territory in this country than 5 years ago Afghanistan |
| #264, aired 1985-09-12 | ARMED FORCES $300: The Enterprise, Kitty Hawk, Nimitz, Midway, & Forrestal are the 5 classes of these aircraft carriers |
| #129, aired 1985-03-07 | AVIATION $200: Double-winged aircraft a biplane |
| #70, aired 1984-12-14 | WORLD WAR I $200: He shot down 80 aircraft, but now plagues only Snoopy The Red Baron |
