A way into flying with the aircraft industry (8)
I believe the answer is:
aviation
'the aircraft industry' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'a way into flying' is the wordplay.
'way' becomes 'via' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'flying' is an anagram indicator.
'into' is an anagram of 'tion'.
'a'+'via'+'tion'='AVIATION'
'with' is the link.
(Other definitions for aviation that I've seen before include "The business of flying aircraft" , "Aircraft operating business" , "Air travel" , "The aircraft industry" , "The practice or science of flying aircraft" .)