Aircraft from company leading the way in flying once (8)
I believe the answer is:
concorde
'aircraft' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'company leading the way in flying once' is the wordplay.
'company' becomes 'co' (abbreviation).
'leading' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the way' becomes 'rd' (short for road).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'flying' indicates anagramming the letters (letters fly around into new positions).
'once' with letters rearranged gives 'ncoe'.
'rd' put within 'ncoe' is 'ncorde'.
'co'+'ncorde'='CONCORDE'
'from' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for concorde that I've seen before include "Supersonic aircraft no longer in service" , "Airliner retired in 2003" , "Name of supersonic airliner" , "Supersonic airliner recently discontinued" .)