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First Flight may refer to: Maiden flight, the first flight of a new aircraft type First Flight Airport, in North Carolina, United States First Flight
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First occasion in which an aircraft or rocket leaves the ground under its own power
The maiden flight, also known as first flight, of an aircraft is the first occasion on which it leaves the ground under its own power. The same term is
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2009 animated film directed by Lauren Montgomery
Green Lantern: First Flight is a 2009 American animated superhero film based on the DC Comics Green Lantern mythology. Centering on the first mission of Hal
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behind China's Long March. Falcon Heavy made its first flight. 2018 was the first year when more flights were flown using reused boosters (13) than new
List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches (2010–2019)
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First human spaceflight in history
two—Korabl-Sputnik 4 and Korabl-Sputnik 5—were complete successes, allowing the first crewed flight. The Vostok 1 capsule was designed to carry a single cosmonaut. Yuri
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Overview of claims to the first powered airplane flight
The Wright Brothers were the first to achieve sustained, controlled, powered heavier-than-air manned flight in 1903, the longest of four covering 852 feet
Claims to the first airplane flight
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First integrated test launch of SpaceX Starship
Starship flight test 1 was the maiden flight of the integrated SpaceX Starship launch vehicle. SpaceX performed the flight test on April 20, 2023. The
Starship_flight_test_1
Jet-powered executive transport aircraft
total of 689 examples, it is the first of the Cessna Citation family. The trijet Dassault Falcon 50 made its first flight on 7 November 1976. The 40,000 lb
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innovations like kites and attempts at tower jumping to supersonic and hypersonic flight in powered, heavier-than-air jet aircraft. Kite flying in China, dating
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American aviation pioneers, inventors of the airplane
inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful airplane. They made the first controlled, sustained flight of an engine-powered, heavier-than-air
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is a list of space travelers by first flight. The table is listed in chronological order from the date of first flight. The table adheres to a common definition
List of space travellers by first flight
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Reusable superheavy-lift general-purpose launch vehicle
approach, involving a high number of prototype vehicles and test flights. The first full Starship rocket was launched April 20, 2023, exploding four minutes
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NASA flights of the partially reusable spacecraft
International Space Station (ISS). The first of four orbital test flights occurred in 1981, leading to operational flights beginning in 1982. From 1981 to 2011
List of Space Shuttle missions
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Soviet winged orbital vehicle
GRAU index serial number: 11F35 1K, construction number: 1.01) was the first flight orbiter to be produced as part of the Soviet/Russian Buran programme
Buran_(spacecraft)
Expendable launch system by SpaceX
Falcon 1 made its second successful flight, delivering the Malaysian RazakSAT satellite to orbit on SpaceX's first commercial launch (fifth and final launch
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Topics referred to by the same term
Love at First Flight may refer to: Love at First Flight, 1943 novel by Charles F. Spalding and Otis Carney "Love at First Flight", a 2002 episode of the
Love_at_First_Flight
This is a list of firsts in aviation. For a comprehensive list of women's records, see Women in aviation. The first flight (including gliding) by a person
List_of_firsts_in_aviation
Scheduled passenger air journeys
aircraft have established a number of scheduled ultra long-haul non-stop flights, reducing the travel time between distant city pairs as well as the number
Longest_flights
Four-engined regional jet airliner family by British Aerospace, later BAE Systems
feeder aircraft. The first order for the BAe 146 was placed by Líneas Aéreas Privadas Argentinas in June 1981. Prior to the first flight, British Aerospace
British_Aerospace_146
2009 puzzle video game
Angry Birds was released on March 31, 2022. The remake was renamed Red's First Flight on iOS on February 23, 2023, and delisted on Android on the same day
Angry_Birds_(video_game)
includes many firsts, including the first human flight, first flight across the English Channel, first flight in North America, and first aircraft related
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branch of philately, a first flight cover, also known by the acronym FFC, is mail that has been carried on an inaugural flight of an airline, route, or
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Swedish early warning aircraft
GlobalEye conducted its maiden flight from Linköping. Flown by Saab experimental test pilot Magnus Fredriksson, this first flight lasted for 1 hour and 46 minutes
GlobalEye
Soviet cosmonaut (born 1948)
this mission was Leonid Popov, with his third flight; it was flight engineer Alexander Serebrov's first flight. The launch of Soyuz T-7 took place on 19 August
Svetlana_Savitskaya
Retired NASA helicopter on the Mars 2020 mission
made its first flight on 19 April 2021, demonstrating that flight is possible in the extremely thin atmosphere of Mars, and became the first aircraft
Ingenuity_(helicopter)
Space tourism company
in 2023. On 13 December 2018, VSS Unity made the project's first suborbital space flight, VSS Unity VP-03. Its two pilots reached an altitude of 82.7
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Aviation term
A first solo flight is when a student aircraft pilot performs a flight, from takeoff to landing, without an instructor aboard. Achieving this milestone
First_solo_flight
2008 video game
Airport Mania: First Flight is a 2008 time management game, that was jointly created by Reflexive Entertainment and South Wind Games. The player manages
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small space telescope to study exoplanet atmospheres. The same Falcon 9 flight also carried two CubeSat-type space telescopes by NASA: SPARCS and BlackCAT
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American astronaut (1930–2012)
Cleveland Air Races. When he was five or six, he experienced his first airplane flight in Warren, Ohio, when he and his father took a ride in a Ford Trimotor
Neil_Armstrong
Position in an aircrew
a flight collectively form a cabin crew, as distinguished from pilots and engineers in the cockpit. The German Heinrich Kubis was the world's first flight
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2006 American film
First Flight is a 2006 animated comedy short film produced by DreamWorks Animation. It was written and directed by Cameron Hood and Kyle Jefferson. The
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Cirque du Soleil play set in the world of James Cameron's film, Avatar.
Toruk – The First Flight is a Cirque du Soleil touring production that premiered in December 2015, and was inspired by James Cameron's film Avatar. It
Toruk_–_The_First_Flight
Rocket developed by Blue Origin
in Kent, Washington, United States and made its first flight on November 13, 2006. A second test flight was scheduled for December 2, but never took place
New_Shepard
2011 aircraft accident in Canada
First Air Flight 6560 was a domestic charter flight that crashed on landing at Resolute, Nunavut, Canada, on 20 August 2011. Of the fifteen people on
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Partially-reusable heavy-lift launch vehicle by Blue Origin
John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth. The inaugural vehicle was unveiled on the launch pad in February 2024. Its first flight, NG-1, took place
New_Glenn
First powered aircraft built by the Wright brothers
(also known as the Kitty Hawk, Flyer I or the 1903 Flyer) made the first sustained flight by a manned heavier-than-air powered and controlled aircraft on
Wright_Flyer
Space Shuttle orbiter (1981–2003)
launch vehicle on its maiden flight on April 12, 1981 and becoming the first spacecraft to be re-used after its first flight when it launched on STS-2 on
Space_Shuttle_Columbia
Experimental supersonic aircraft for NASA
NASA's Low-Boom Flight Demonstrator project. Preliminary design started in February 2016, with the X-59 originally planned to begin flight testing in 2021
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American aerospace company
Launch Alliance (ULA). United Launch Alliance (ULA) has said that the first flight of its Vulcan Centaur heavy-lift launch vehicle is scheduled to launch
Blue_Origin
List of launches of SpaceX's fully reusable Starship
Block 2, which first flew in Starship flight test 7 and was retired after Starship flight test 11, Block 3, which first flew in Starship flight test 12, and
List_of_Starship_launches
Facility located in Mojave, California
KMHV) is a general-use public airport with three main areas of activity: flight testing, space industry development, and aircraft heavy maintenance and
Mojave_Air_and_Space_Port
Next generation of the Boeing 777
twin-engine airliner built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes, undergoing flight testing. A substantial development from the original Boeing 777, changes
Boeing_777X
First Flight is a science fiction novel by American writer Chris Claremont, published by Ace Books in 1987. First Flight is a novel about US Air Force
First_Flight_(novel)
2009 aviation accident in New York
US Airways Flight 1549 was a regularly scheduled US Airways domestic flight from New York City's LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte and Seattle, in the United
US_Airways_Flight_1549
of 612 (99.02%) for the Falcon 9 Block 5 version. A total of 599 re-flights of first stage boosters have all successfully launched their second stages and
List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches
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Defunct Canadian aircraft manufacturer
"Rocky Mountain High." Flight International, 6 January 1998. pp. 22–23. Pickler, Ron and Milberry, Larry. Canadair: The First 50 Years. Toronto: CANAV
Canadair
Single-aisle airliner family
the first flight took place in January 2016, and the aircraft was certified by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in March 2017. The first delivery
Boeing_737_MAX
Defunct ride at Six Flags Magic Mountain
Green Lantern: First Flight was a steel roller coaster formerly located at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California, United States. The ZacSpin
Green Lantern: First Flight (roller coaster)
Green_Lantern:_First_Flight_(roller_coaster)
24th episode of the 2nd season of Star Trek: Enterprise
"First Flight" is the fiftieth episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Enterprise, the twenty-fourth episode of the second
First Flight (Star Trek: Enterprise)
First_Flight_(Star_Trek:_Enterprise)
Public use airport in North Carolina, U.S.
First Flight Airport (IATA: FFA, ICAO: KFFA, FAA LID: FFA) is a public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) west of the central business
First_Flight_Airport
US Navy guided-missile destroyer class
"Flights". Newer Flights incorporate technological advancements. Flight I: DDGs 51–71 Flight II: DDGs 72–78 Flight IIA: DDGs 79–124 and DDG-127 Flight
Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
Flight faster than Mach 5 below 90 km
aerodynamic heat loads become significant. The first manufactured object to achieve hypersonic flight was the two-stage Bumper rocket, consisting of a
Hypersonic_flight
Baseball field in North Carolina, US
The TowneBank OBX Park at First Flight Athletic Complex is a baseball venue in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, at First Flight High School. It is the home
First_Flight_Baseball_Complex
American tiltrotor VTOL aircraft
technology demonstrator, whose design was unveiled in 2013 and which took its first flight on 18 December 2017. In 2022, the V-280 was chosen by the US Army as
Bell_MV-75_Cheyenne_II
Space Shuttle orbiter (1983–1986)
service in the Space Shuttle program. Lessons learned from the first orbital flights of Columbia led to Challenger's design possessing fewer thermal
Space_Shuttle_Challenger
Horse race
The First Flight Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in late June/early July at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. A Grade II
First_Flight_Handicap
High-thrust turbofan jet engine
the Boeing 777X. It first ran on the ground in April 2016 and first flew on March 13, 2018; it powered the 777-9's maiden flight in early 2020. It received
General_Electric_GE9X
Russian stealth multirole fighter aircraft
dissolution of the Soviet Union, the MFI was repeatedly delayed and the first flight of the MiG 1.44/1.42 prototype did not occur until 2000, nine years behind
Sukhoi_Su-57
Russian cosmonaut and politician (born 1937)
first flight. All five women became junior lieutenants in the Air Force in December 1962. Tatyana Kuznetsova became ineligible for the first flight due
Valentina_Tereshkova
Indian combat aircraft
the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Indian Navy. The aircraft made its first flight in 2001 and entered into service with the IAF in 2015. It is the smallest
HAL_Tejas
Family of space launch vehicles
timetables, Centaur was to make its first flight in January 1961. In October 1961, the first Atlas-Centaur (Vehicle Flight-1: Atlas 104D and Centaur F-1) arrived
Atlas-Centaur
Flight of an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean
A transatlantic flight (TATL) is the flight of an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean from Europe, Africa, South Asia, or the Middle East to North America
Transatlantic_flight
1994 studio album by Charles McPherson
First Flight Out is an album by saxophonist Charles McPherson which was recorded in 1994 and released on the Arabesque label. All compositions by Charles
First_Flight_Out
Jet airliner model, series based on the DC-9
October 1977. The MD-80 made its first flight on October 18, 1979, and was certified on August 25, 1980. The first airliner was delivered to launch customer
McDonnell_Douglas_MD-80
First flight of Frost Airship Glider 1907: First flight of British Army Dirigible No 1 1908: First flight of British Army Aeroplane No 1 1909: First flight
Aerospace industry in the United Kingdom
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American aviator (1902–1974)
aviator, military officer, and author. On May 20–21, 1927, he made the first nonstop flight from New York to Paris, a distance of 3,600 miles (5,800 km), flying
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International airport serving Damascus, Syria
December 2024. On 18 December 2024, commercial operations resumed with the first flight taking off with 32 passengers heading to Aleppo. On 4 January 2025, the
Damascus International Airport
Damascus_International_Airport
Entry for the United States Army's Future Vertical Lift program
phase one of the program. Originally planned to fly in late 2017, its first flight was delayed in April 2017 to early 2018. Sikorsky led the initial development
Sikorsky–Boeing_SB-1_Defiant
British–French supersonic airliner
2025). Construction of six prototypes began in February 1965, with the first flight from Toulouse on 2 March 1969. The market forecast was 350 aircraft,
Concorde
Classification of sophisticated jet fighter aircraft entering service since 2005
faults. In December 2020, a malfunction with the computer flight control system caused the first production Su-57 to crash. An automatic software response
Fifth-generation_fighter
Index of articles associated with the same name
ultra-long range Dassault Falcon 7X/8X trijets. The first Falcon 20 took off on its first flight on 4 May 1963, and was handed over to a customer in 1965
Dassault_Falcon_family
Ultra-low-cost airline of Ireland
airline in Europe by scheduled passengers carried, fleet size, and total flights. Globally, it is the largest airline by international passengers carried
Ryanair
1996 aviation accident in Florida
ValuJet Flight 592 was a regularly scheduled flight from Miami to Atlanta in the United States. On May 11, 1996, the ValuJet Airlines McDonnell Douglas
ValuJet_Flight_592
Space Shuttle orbiter (1984–2011)
as the "Return To Flight" Orbiter, first in 1988 after the loss of Challenger in 1986, and then again for the twin "Return To Flight" missions in July
Space_Shuttle_Discovery
Mother ship aircraft designed to launch spacecraft
hypersonic flight testing after a change of ownership. It was announced in December 2011, rolled out in May 2017, and flew for the first time on April
Scaled Composites Stratolaunch
Scaled_Composites_Stratolaunch
Large liquid methane fuelled staged-combustion rocket engine by Blue Origin
The BE-4 made its first flight aboard the Vulcan Centaur rocket on January 8, 2024. It was later launched on New Glenn for the first time on January 16
BE-4
Chinese medium-range narrowbody airliner
Production began in December 2011, with the first prototype being rolled out on 2 November 2015; the maiden flight took place on 5 May 2017. On 29 September
Comac_C919
Regional jet airliner family
the Brasilia parts and systems, the EMB 145 Amazon aimed for a 1991 first flight. The stretch resulted from two 11-foot (3.4 m) plugs of the 7-foot-6-inch
Embraer_ERJ_family
Partially-reusable medium-lift launch vehicle by SpaceX
cadence, with two in-flight failures, one partial failure and one pre-flight destruction. The rocket has two stages. The first (booster) stage carries
Falcon_9
Twin-aisle airliner family
multiple delays, until its maiden flight on December 15, 2009. Type certification was received in August 2011, and the first 787-8 was delivered in September
Boeing_787_Dreamliner
Town in North Carolina, United States
the first flight. Kill Devil Hills is the site of the Wright Brothers National Memorial, commemorating the siblings' four powered airplane flights in the
Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina
Kill_Devil_Hills,_North_Carolina
American aircraft company
speed than the GII. The GIII made its first flight in December 1979, with the first delivery in 1980. It was the first business jet designed to fly over both
Gulfstream_Aerospace
Former suborbital spaceplane for space tourism
organizations. On 31 October 2014, during a test flight, the first SpaceShipTwo VSS Enterprise broke up in flight and crashed in the Mojave Desert. An investigation
SpaceShipTwo
Aircraft which use stealth technology to avoid detection
bid". FlightGlobal. Archived from the original on 2 March 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021. "Boeing Loyal Wingman Uncrewed Aircraft Completes First Flight". Boeing
Stealth_aircraft
American public school in North Carolina
First Flight High School is a public high school serving grades 9–12. The school was established in 2004, and is located in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina
First_Flight_High_School
First test flight of the Apollo Saturn V rocket
Apollo 4 (November 9, 1967), also known as SA-501, was the uncrewed first test flight of the Saturn V launch vehicle, the rocket that eventually took astronauts
Apollo_4
Executive trijet aircraft by Dassault
2001 Paris Air Show, its first flight took place on 5 May 2005 and it entered service on 15 June 2007. The Falcon 8X, first delivered on 5 October 2016
Dassault_Falcon_7X
Long-range solar-powered aircraft
was designed to remain airborne up to 36 hours. It conducted its first test flight in December 2009. In July 2010, it flew an entire diurnal solar cycle
Solar_Impulse
Japanese jet trainer aircraft
hydraulically actuated flight control system, were made. On 28 June 1988, the first production T-4 conducted its first flight; deliveries to the JASDF
Kawasaki_T-4
United Launch Alliance launch vehicle
first launch on January 8, 2024, carrying the Peregrine lunar lander as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program. Its second flight,
Vulcan_Centaur
2001 aviation accident in New York
American Airlines Flight 587 was a regularly scheduled international passenger flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City, to Las
American_Airlines_Flight_587
2013 aircraft accident in California
Asiana Airlines Flight 214 was a scheduled transpacific passenger flight originating from Incheon International Airport near Seoul, South Korea, to San
Asiana_Airlines_Flight_214
Chinese stealth fighter aircraft
official revealed that the first flight was expected in 2010–11, with a service entry date by 2019. On 22 December 2010, the first J-20 prototype underwent
Chengdu_J-20
Russian stealth UAV prototype
Ministry released a video of the first flight. On 27 September 2019, Russian MoD released a video showcasing the first flight of Okhotnik alongside Su-57.
Sukhoi_S-70_Okhotnik-B
Low-cost airline of Vietnam
VietJet an independent business. Despite the setbacks, VietJet Air's first flight was operated on December 25, 2011, flying from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi
VietJet_Air
Unmanned combat aircraft demonstrator built by General Atomics
same time. The first flight of the first prototype Avenger occurred on 4 April 2009 at the company's Grey Butte Field Airport Flight Operations Facility
General_Atomics_MQ-20_Avenger
Upgraded series of the Su-27 fighter aircraft
multi-function radar giving it multi-role capabilities. The first prototype made its maiden flight in June 1988. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union
Sukhoi_Su-35
1997 compilation album by DJ Tiësto
Magik One: First Flight is the first album in the Magik series by trance artist DJ Tiësto, released in September 1997 in the Netherlands. As with the
Magik_One:_First_Flight
Source of the first botulinum antitoxin
First Flight was a thoroughbred horse used in the production of the first botulism antitoxin. The horse was used as a research animal between 1978 and
First Flight (medical research horse)
First_Flight_(medical_research_horse)
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first begotten; first fruits
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(A rishi said to be an empowered incarnation of Vishnu. He is famous for having annihilated all the kshatriyas of the world after his father)
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(लीला) Variant spelling of Hindi Leela, LELA means "play."Â
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English : variant spelling of Petit.
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Little Noble One
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English (chiefly Devon)
English (chiefly Devon) : (of Norman origin) habitational name from a place in Calvados, France, named from a Germanic personal name of uncertain form and meaning + Old French ville ‘settlement’.English (chiefly Devon) : habitational name from Glanvill Farm in Devon, Clanville in Somerset and Hampshire, or Clanfield in Hampshire, or from some other place likewise named with Old English clǣne ‘clean’ (i.e. free of brambles and undergrowth) + feld ‘pasture’, ‘open country’ (see Field).
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adv.
Before any other person or thing in time, space, rank, etc.; -- much used in composition with adjectives and participles.
a.
Foremost; in front of, or in advance of, all others.
adv.
In the first place; first in order.
v. t.
To gripe with the fist.
a.
First-formed.
v. t.
To strike with the fist.
a.
Of the best class; of the highest rank; in the first division; of the best quality; first-rate; as, a first-class telescope.
n. pl.
First fruits.
a.
Obtained directly from the first or original source; hence, without the intervention of an agent.
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Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest; as, Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece.
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First; chief.
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Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign.
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Beforehand; first.
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First.
n.
A first game; first plan.
n.
First opening or expansion; first appearance; beginning; rise.
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The upper part of a duet, trio, etc., either vocal or instrumental; -- so called because it generally expresses the air, and has a preeminence in the combined effect.
adv.
First.