A flight during which the performance of an aircraft or its equipment is tested.The first test flight of the new aircraft will take place before the end of March and Singapore Airlines will be the first to operate the A380 in spring 2006....
The decision came a week ahead of the first test flight of Australia's Wedgetail aircraft at Seattle in the US, where the aircraft are being built.
The first aircraft assembled was aircraft number 43 which was flown on a test flight shortly thereafter for twelve minutes.