historic flight
Aviation's defining moment
A historic flight is an aviation journey of exceptional significance—the first to cross an ocean, break a speed record, or reach space.
The phrase emphasizes the flight's place in history: Lindbergh's historic flight across the Atlantic, the historic flight of Apollo 11.
Any memorable or unprecedented air journey may earn the label.
- aviationFlying or operating aircraft
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- Wright brothersFirst airplane builders
- transatlanticSpanning the ocean between continents
- maiden voyageShip's initial journey
Lindbergh · airship · cockpit · propeller · landing · takeoff · Amelia Earhart · record-breaking · solo · crossing · air race · test pilot · barnstormer · biplane · altitude · milestone · daring · fearless
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