maiden flight

English

Etymology

See maiden (adjective).

Noun

maiden flight (plural maiden flights)

1. The 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.

Hypernyms

• flight

Translations

the first flight of an airplane

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 首飛／首飞 (shǒufēi)

• Finnish: ensilento (fi)
• German: Jungfernflug (de) m
• Japanese: 初飛行 (はつひこう, hatsuhikō)
• Polish: dziewiczy lot m
• Russian: пе́рвый полёт m (pérvyj poljót)

See also

• maiden voyage
• test pilot