1) The aeroplane made its maiden flight in 1976.

2) The aircraft makes its maiden flight tomorrow.

3) The maiden flight of the A-12 had been scheduled for November 1991, with a view to the aircraft becoming operational in the mid-1990s.

4) I missed the maiden flight at Kitty Hawk and managed to be absent when Alan Dershowitz invented the appeal process.

5) With barely a week to go before the maiden flight, Paul's report made alarming reading.

6) The stealth bomber made its maiden flight in 1989.

7) The plane's maiden flight is scheduled for February, and a final version will attempt to cross the Atlantic in 2012.

8) Boeing's new 787 jetliner has completed its maiden flight, more than two years behind schedule.

9) Russia's Sukhoi T-50 prototype stealth fighter made its maiden flight last year and is due to enter service in about four years.

10) The maiden flight of Dragon/Falcon9 is scheduled for June 2009 from SpaceX's Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral, Fla.

11) China's largest unmanned helicopter successfully completed its maiden flight over the weekend.

12) A twice-delayed maiden flight is now scheduled for Sept. 21.

13) The new airline's maiden flight leaves Beijing for Dalian. The carrier is expected to be a new platform for HNA to raise funds for further expansion.

14) During this maiden flight,[http:///maiden flight.html] Beesley performed a military power takeoff and executed a series of maneuvers to evaluate the handling qualities of the aircraft.

15) The company said the first aircraft had experienced no problems during its 18-minute maiden flight.

16) Developed by closely held Space Exploration Technologies Corp., the Dragon capsule's maiden flight tested the craft's guidance systems, heat shields, parachutes and other facets.

17) The aircraft is expected to taxi for the first time shortly and to make its maiden flight from Seville, Spain in a few weeks, joining MSN1 in the sky.

18) "I'd say these are, indeed, genuine photos of a prototype that will make its maiden flight very soon," said Peter Felstead, the editor of Jane's Defence Weekly.

19) Moscow - Russia's long-awaited fifth-generation stealth jet fighter made its maiden flight in the Russian Far East on Jan. 29.

20) ROME - The first prototype of the T129 attack helicopter destined for Turkey has made its maiden flight at an AgustaWestland facility at Vergiate, Italy, the firm said Sept. 28.

21) China's first domestically developed civilian helicopter has completed a successful maiden flight in Jingdezhen, in the eastern province of Jiangxi.

22) Assembled outside the European continent in the first Airbus A 320 aircraft made a successful maiden flight.

23) They will be seized upon by Canada's Bombardier, the closest competitor to the big two, whose CSeries jet is due to have its maiden flight in 2012 and enter commercial service in 2013.

24) "In the future," Krein suggests, "each passenger will feel he or she is sitting on a brand new airplane about to take off on its maiden flight.

25) The robots and other equipment would be ferried there by Japanest H-II rocket which had its maiden flight in February.

26) Rory McIlroy rides high above the Dubai skyline during his maiden flight in a hot air balloon January 29 in Dubai.

1) The aircraft makes its maiden flight tomorrow.