maiden flight
The first flight of an airplane or other airborne vehicle, usually used to test or…The first flight of an airplane or other airborne vehicle, usually used to test or demonstrate the functions of the systems.
Meaning
1 sensesThe first flight of an airplane or other airborne vehicle, usually used to test or demonstrate the functions of the systems.
The manufacturer's CEO was confident enough to ride as a passenger on the airship's maiden flight.
Jungfernflug
пе́рвый полётpérvyj poljót
the first flight of its kind
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
See maiden (adjective).See maiden (adjective).
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
plural: maiden flights| Singular | maiden flight |
|---|---|
| Plural | maiden flights |
regular
Word family
2 related wordsSee also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.