| FREIGHTER | Soldiers embark in aircraft, one carrying cargo (9) |
| FREIGHTERS | Soldiers embark in aircraft and ships (10) |
| MIGHTIEST | Superlatively powerful aircraft, one in height trial |
| SAILPLANE | Aircraft, one moving slowly leaving northern stretch of land, say |
| JETTISONS | It's no different in aircraft if one throws it overboard (9) |
| HOLDFORTH | Speak in public about space in aircraft going over river (4,5) |
| STRINGERS | Makers of cords for archery bows; threaders of beads; mineral veinlets; longeron-like structures in aircraft; or, freelance/part-time journalists (9) |
| ALLOCATED | Allotted (seats in aircraft) |
| AUTOPILOT | Device in aircraft lit up too, alarmingly, after start of ascent |
| MOSQUITOS | Supermodel circles capital in aircraft |
| TIGERMOTH | More tight manoeuvres in aircraft (5,4) |
| NOSECONE | Part of aircraft one cracked? Bring in most of a further one (4,4) |
| DRONE | Radio-controlled aircraft, one used by medical practitioner |
| EXPLAINS | Shows the significance of obsolete aircraft, one hears (8) |
| CONTAINERSHIPS | Large vessels carrying cargo packed in large metal or wooden boxes (9,5) |
| UFO | Mysterious aircraft (1, 1, 1) |
| SCENTS | Gets wind of ship carrying cargo of American cash (6) |
| ADEN | Carrying cargo, head off for port (4) |
| SNIGGERS | Ship carrying cargo of loose ginger produces snorts (8) |
| LADEN | Burdened, carrying cargo (5) |
