First occasion on which an aircraft or spacecraft leaves the ground under its own power.
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For the maiden flight, test pilot Markus Scherdel was in the cockpit.
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It generated heated excitement until the aircraft crashed on its maiden flight.
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Anytime something that big makes its maiden flight, it draws a crowd.
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A century ago tomorrow the first modern airship successfully undertook its maiden flight.
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General Atomic's updated Predator made its maiden flight last month in Palmdale, California.
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Wizz Air's maiden flight to London took off from Katowice in May 2004.
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SpaceShipTwo had its maiden flight in the California desert in March.
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It was not a heron, however, which claimed the maiden flight of Mabonde.
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Translation: We had high expectations for this maiden flight and we were not disappointed.
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This particular booster's maiden flight was in May, ferrying Bangladesh's first satellite into orbit.
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A successful maiden flight finally took place in mid-December 2018.
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A successful maiden flight manned by two pilots finally took place in mid-December 2018.
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In December of 2008 he piloted SpaceShipTwo's mother ship, Eve, on its maiden flight.
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Last year, Russia postponed the maiden flight of its first fifth-generation fighter aircraft until 2010.
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The planemaker is targeting a maiden flight this year and entry into service the next.
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Northrop Grumman has a clean-sheet design, called Trainer-X, that made its maiden flight in August.