first flight

Noun

Meaning

The first competitor to finish in a footrace or horse race, in a foxhunt, etc.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see first,‎ flight.

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Examples

Having the opportunity to fly the first flight of something like a space shuttle was the ultimate test flight. Robert Crippen

And the first flight of the tether satellite happened in '92, and I was the backup on that flight. Umberto Guidoni

When this space walk will be completed, then the arm will be fully operational and ready for the next activity that will be pretty much the testing, the first flight testing of the space station arm. Umberto Guidoni

Why, therefore, should man's first flight to the moon be a matter of national competition? John F. Kennedy

There's a historical milestone in the fact that our Apollo 11 landing on the moon took place a mere 66 years after the Wright Brothers' first flight. Buzz Aldrin

With all the knowledge and skill acquired in thousands of flights in the last ten years, I would hardly think today of making my first flight on a strange machine in a twenty-seven mile wind, even if I knew that the machine had already been flown and was safe. Orville Wright

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