Flying ace, pilot of a lyrical bent (8)
I believe the answer is:
poetical
'a lyrical bent' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'flying ace pilot' is the wordplay.
'flying' indicates an anagram (letters fly around into new positions).
'ace'+'pilot'='acepilot'
'acepilot' is an anagram of 'POETICAL'.
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for poetical that I've seen before include "Relating to verse" , "Sort of licence given to rhymester" , "Kind of licence" , "Lyrical" , "Ace pilot (anag.)" .)