first flight

Inaugural airborne journey

First flight is the inaugural journey of an aircraft, spacecraft, or other flying vehicle—a milestone marking its transition from design to operational reality: The Wright brothers' first flight lasted twelve seconds.

For airline passengers, first flight can simply mean their initial experience of air travel: I remember my first flight—I was terrified.

aviation

Wright brothers

First airplane builders

takeoff · pilot · aviator · propeller · cockpit · runway · hangar · aerodynamics · altitude · airspeed

journey

departure

Act of going away

travel · transit · itinerary · boarding · passport · nerves · excitement · anticipation · window seat · tray table

milestone

pioneering

First to explore territory

watershed · groundbreaking · achievement · landmark · revolution · advancement · genesis · inception · dawn · origin

adventure

exploration

Traveling through unknown regions

odyssey · thrill · daring · boldness · intrepid · fearlessness · pioneering · frontier · venture · courage

Categories
Opposites
chronological sequence in aviation milestones

first flightmaiden voyage

Ship's initial journey

existence/capability

first flightgrounded

Stable and realistic

success/outcome

first flightcrash

Sudden violent impact

fatal crash · grounding

Family

first, flight, flying, flights, firstly, flighty, flightless, flightiness

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G