Sentence examples for its first flying from inspiring English sources

Its coterie of personnel by now referred to as the Australian Flying Corps (AFC), CFS commenced its first flying course on 17 August 1914, two weeks after the outbreak of World War I.

Its coterie of personnel by now being referred to as the Australian Flying Corps, CFS commenced its first flying course on 17 August, two weeks after the outbreak of World War I.

The aircraft was expected to be the third flying prototype, with its first flight scheduled on 24 April, but which was rescheduled for 27 April.

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany — Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin launched his first flying machine from Lake Constance here in 1900.

Mr. Axinn took his first flying lesson at age 15, and soloed at 18.

Hamilton's momentum has carried on into this year, and he has eradicated his main area of weakness from 2014, which was his first flying lap in final qualifying.

He set his fastest time of one minute 46.362 seconds on his first flying lap in the final part of qualifying and none of his rivals were able to get anywhere close to him on their final runs.

Grosjean gambled on not even doing a lap on the 'extreme' tyres and the decision initially paid off when he went fastest on his first flying lap while his rivals were getting up to speed.

McLaren-Honda had some encouragement from Alonso's pace, and from the car's apparent good performance in the corners, but there was bad news for team-mate Jenson Button, who spun on his first flying lap at Turn One because the engine cut out.

The Armstrong Air and Space Museum, in Armstong's hometown of Wapakoneta, Ohio, and the airport in New Knoxville, where he took his first flying lessons when he was fifteen, were named after him.

Boeing isn't the only major aerospace company making big bets on VTOLs – Airbus revealed this week that it's still on track to start testing its first electric flying cars beginning next year, on a path to what it hopes will eventually be deploying of autonomous aerial taxi vehicles.