The aircraft, dubbed MicroStar, should make its maiden flight towards the end of the year.
In December of 2009, the first Dreamliner took off on its maiden flight right here in Everett.
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In 1938, the German airship LZ130 Graf Zeppelin, sister ship of the ill-fated Hindenburg, made its maiden flight.
Commander Collins admitted the shuttle, which made its maiden flight in 1981, was showing signs of its age.
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The unveiled plane, which Airbus have tagged "MSN001, " will undergo final tests before its maiden flight expected in June.
The maiden flight is expected in 2015 with commercial operations starting in 2016.
In 1990, China's first airship, 40 metres (130 feet) long, made its maiden flight over the central province of Hubei.
In 1996, Europe's Ariane-5 rocket was blown up by ground controllers after it veered off course 40 seconds into its maiden flight.
The maiden flight is due to take place later this year, with the first passenger flight expected in the second half of 2014.
The savings will help Scoot, which makes its maiden flight today, cope with fuel prices that have jumped about 36 percent in two years.
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The Vulcan made its maiden flight in 1952 before acting as a deterrent during the Cold War and seeing active service in the Falklands War.
"The successful maiden flight of the Y-20 is important in promoting China's economic and national defense buildup, as well as improving its emergency response and humanitarian aid abilities, " the Ministry of National Defense said on its website.
Although it was due to fly the friendly skies of Lakehurst, New Jersey in mid-June, Northrop Grumman's usually unmanned surveillance was only just caught floating over the Jersey Shore as part of a maiden flight on August 8th.
Although British Airways broke with tradition by placing its first ever order for Airbus' A380, it still gave a boost to Boeing by ordering 24 Dreamliners, the mid-sized craft that has so far raked in over 700 orders and is set for a maiden flight before the end of the year.
If future testing goes well and "if my wife allows, " Mr. Branson joked, he and his two children plan to be among the first six voyagers to ride the maiden flight of SpaceShipTwo to the edge of space, or about 60 miles above the Earth's surface, at a maximum speed of about 2, 500 miles per hour.
Thursday's flawed flight was the first time an Ariane rocket had malfunctioned since Ariane-5's maiden test flight exploded 37 seconds after launch in 1996.
Kaziranga chief NK Vasu said the maiden drone flight on Monday was a "milestone in wildlife protection".
It should be noted also that the 2017 maiden test flight will use a "lite" variant, one capable of lifting about 70 tonnes to low-Earth orbit.
On our maiden voyage, about three hours into the flight, the plane began to slow down and reduce altitude so that it could land in a small airport to refuel.
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