maiden flight vs flight

maiden flight and flight both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
maiden flight	Yes	No	No	No
flight	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, flight is a hypernym of maiden flight; that is, flight is a word with a broader meaning than maiden flight:

Other hypernyms of maiden flight include flying.

maiden flight (noun)	flight (noun)
the first flight of its kind	an instance of traveling by air
	the act of escaping physically
	a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports
	a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next
	passing above and beyond ordinary bounds
	an air force unit smaller than a squadron
	a formation of aircraft in flight
	a flock of flying birds
	the path followed by an object moving through space