Sentences with phrase «maiden flight»

Our very own Brian Merchant will be on board the Alaska Airlines biofuel maiden flight on Wednesday and will have a chance to talk to the experts, so expect more details on this soon.

The company's future launches will proceed as scheduled, including the much - anticipated maiden flight of Falcon Heavy.

A prototype of the «roadable aircraft» — that's what they call flying cars these days — recently completed an eight - minute maiden flight in upstate New York, reaching an altitude of about 425 meters.

They say the smooth, sustained maiden flight over the Hudson was FAA and U.S. Coast Guard approved.

After the successful maiden flight of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket, Musk told reporters he wants «a new space race.»

Monday's maiden flight carried a total of nine satellites, which all got a free ride.

Petrel fledglings leave the nest after dark, but these marine birds» maiden flights towards the sea are hampered by city lights.

X-38 is nearly finished and is planned to have its unmanned maiden flight including a real reentry in 2003.

Midori Hotel and Casino chef Elmer Ranera was supervising food service at the Jetstar Asia's Clark - Osaka maiden flight...

National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia officially became the first and only carrier to operate direct flights from Ambon, Maluku, to Baubau, Southeast Sulawesi, following the service's maiden flight on Wednesday.

The payload for Tuesday's maiden flight was Musk's cherry red Tesla Roadster sports car, outfitted with cameras to capture the views.

The first prototype of the aircraft performed its maiden flight on Oct 31, 2012, and made a public appearance on Nov. 12, 2014 at Zhuhai Airshow.

Musk chimed in a few days later to confirm the tentative date of the rocket's maiden flight: «Aiming for first flight of Falcon Heavy on Feb 6 from Apollo launchpad 39A at Cape Kennedy.

Since announcing Falcon Heavy, which is out - performed only by NASA's retired Saturn V rocket, Musk has characterized the maiden flight as «high - risk» due to the «aerial ballet» of coordination required to get it off the ground and land all three boosters.

After many mis - steps, the maiden flight of the 158 - 174 seat aircraft was a big moment for China, economically and politically.

Here it is on its maiden flight.

A C919 passenger jet takes off from Pudong International Airport for its maiden flight, on May 5, 2017 in Shanghai, China.

The plane had its maiden flight in Oct 2017.

The 747 cut its maiden flight short by about an hour due to some minor problem when the wing flaps were lowered to a 30 degree angle.

SpaceX, the closely held company founded and led by chief executive officer Elon Musk — who also heads the electric auto manufacturer Tesla (tsla)-- is slated to demonstrate the maiden flight of Falcon Heavy, a larger and more powerful rocket, later this month.

The first operational KC - 46A Pegasus — the tanker being designed by Boeing to replace the aging KC - 135 — took its maiden flight on December 5.

Since its maiden flight in January 2011 ten prototypes were manufactured (Note: the two demonstrators 2001, 2002 = now 2004, + the prototypes 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 and two static test specimen) and that this type is to be the third stealth fighter jet to enter operational service following the United States» F - 22 Raptor and the F - 35 Lightning II.

The prototype of what is believed to be the China's second stealth fighter jet performed its maiden flight on Oct 31, when it took off at 10:32 AM Local Time from the runway of the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation facility.

China's C919 passenger jet made its maiden flight on Friday, May 5, marking the country's aspirations to compete against Boeing and Airbus jets in commercial flights.

Billionaire entrepreneur's Stratolaunch, which could have its maiden flight later this year, has generated all sorts of interest.

Musk has said repeatedly that there is a fair chance that this maiden flight of the Falcon Heavy could fail.

A rocket built by a group of Danish space enthusiasts reached an altitude of 2 kilometres on its maiden flight last week from its base in the Baltic Sea.

Terrafugia's Transition two - seat «roadable aircraft» comes to the New York International Auto Show after a maiden flight.

They currently plan to launch it in March, but this maiden flight has been canceled many times.

The Slovakian Aeromobil 2.5 has already made its maiden flight, although its shaky performance and 100 hp engine and 107 knot top speed fall quite short of the TF - X's projected specs.

ESA was taking the risk of launching it on Ariane 5's maiden flight.

The Perlan 2 craft made its maiden flight last year in Oregon, and in March surfed its first mountain waves above the Sierra Nevada range in California.

The twin - engine wide - body flew over Le Bourget Airport in Paris earlier today, one week after its maiden flight.

The maiden flight of Falcon I was originally scheduled for this August, and the first payload was supposed to be a 250 - pound Department of Defense — Naval Research Laboratory experimental communications satellite called TacSat - 1.

In April, the world's largest passenger airliner, the Airbus A380 Navigator, made its maiden flight over the company's Toulouse, France, assembly plant.

The French Ariane 5 booster, which is to have its maiden flight next year, and Japan's H2 rocket, first launched in February, use modern technology that reduces the cost of the launches.

SpaceX's debut mission a year ago ended shortly after lift - off when a corroded nut cracked, triggering a disastrous fuel leak and fire (see Fire destroys rocket's maiden flight).

Two of the more substantive issues were his views on climate change considering that NASA spends almost $ 2 billion a year on earth science research and whether he has the technical qualifications to lead the agency at a time when three new vehicles — the commercial crew systems Crew Dragon and Starliner plus NASA's own Orion — will be making their maiden flights.

Bullwhips are pastoral tools Airbus's new A350 passenger jet, a rival to Boeing's problematic 787 Dreamliner, has completed its maiden flight without a hitch.

It crashed on its maiden flight, killing two crew persons — including a highly experienced pilot.

I've driven lots of cars over the years, but for a maiden flight this is about as intimidating as it gets, especially as the windscreen washers are frozen up, so the clap - hand wipers are now smearing the screen as they fight through the salt - laden spray being thrown up by the camera car.

A limited edition run of eight V12 Vantage S Coupes, celebrating the 80th Anniversary of the maiden flight of the iconic «Supermarine Spitfire», in collaboration with Aston Martin Cambridge.

Whether you think of your book as a Boeing 777, ready to go out and take the world by storm, or a Navy F - 14 Tomcat fighter aircraft, ready to knock all of the competition out of the sky, every book sits on the runway and needs a thorough going over before its ready for its maiden flight and print job.

On a cool morning in March, Rork piloted the maiden flight for the new plane from Arizona.

The maiden flight of Hainan Airlines HU745, which took off from Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport at 22:50 and landed at Cairns Airport at 08:30.

The maiden flight for one of the new routes on Monday carried several Garuda Indonesia representatives and Biak Numfor Regent Thomas Ondy.

EVA Air We have had lofty goals since EVA made its maiden flight on July 1, 1991.

-LSB-...] invited me for their maiden flight from Cebu to Hongkong and later Malaysia and Singapore for a cruising tour.

I was invited by AirPhil Express to join them in their maiden flight from Cebu to Hong Kong and stayed for almost a week to explore, photograph and get to know more about this beautiful place south of the Chinese mainland.