A flying machine to land on tree (5,5)

'a flying machine' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'land on tree' is the wordplay.
'land' becomes 'light' (light can mean to settle or land).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'tree' becomes 'plane' (plane is a type of tree).
'light'+'plane'='LIGHT PLANE'

'to' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?