Carried following melody in flight (8)
I believe the answer is:
airborne
'in flight' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'carried following melody' is the wordplay.
'carried' becomes 'borne' (I've seen this in another clue).
'following' says to put letters next to each other.
'melody' becomes 'air' (synonyms).
'borne' after 'air' is 'AIRBORNE'.
(Other definitions for airborne that I've seen before include "as birds often are" , "Aloft, flying" , "in the sky" , "so, paras?" , "Off the ground" .)