The crossword solutions for the term FIRST NAME IN AVIATION are Orville (7 letters), AMELIA (6 letters), and Enola (5 letters). Orville was the first name of Orville Wright, who along with his brother Wilbur, is credited with inventing and building the world's first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight in 1903. AMELIA was the first name of AMELIA Earhart, an American aviation pioneer and author who was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Enola was the first name of Enola Gay, the B-29 Superfortress bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II.