What is "first flight"

"First Flight" is the fiftieth episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Enterprise, the twenty-fourth episode of the second season. It first aired on May 14, 2003 on UPN. It was written by John Shiban and Chris Black, and was directed by Star Trek: The Next Generation actor LeVar Burton ( Geordi La Forge).

Set in the 22nd century, the series follows the adventures of the first Starfleet starship Enterprise, registration NX-01. In this episode, after Captain Jonathan Archer ( Scott Bakula) is informed of the death of his former colleague, A. G. Robinson ( Keith Carradine), he relates the story of breaking the warp 2.5 barrier to T'Pol ( Jolene Blalock) whilst investigating a dark matter nebula.

The episode was inspired by the story of the first American astronauts as seen in the film The Right Stuff. Several sets were specifically built for this episode, and a reference to the designer of the Enterprise from Star Trek: The Original Series is included in the story. Three crew-members from the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65) appeared in this episode, and handed over a flag from the ship to the cast and crew. Critical reception to this episode was mostly positive, with praise directed at Scott Bakula. However, the episode received the second lowest number of viewers received by Enterprise at that point, which was blamed on it being aired opposite the series finale of Dawson's Creek.

First Flight may refer to:

• "First Flight" (Enterprise episode)
• First Flight (film), an animated short film
• First Flight Airport, in North Carolina, United States
• First Flight (horse)
• First Flight Handicap, a horse race
• First Flight High School, in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina
• First Flight: Maiden Voyages in Space and Time, a collection of short-stories
• Magik One: First Flight, a music compilation
• First Flight (novel), a novel by Chris Claremont
• Green Lantern: First Flight
• Maiden flight, the first flight of a new aircraft type
• First Flight, a sculpture in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

It may also refer to:

• The first recorded powered, controlled flight of a heavier-than-air craft
• First solo flight
• First aerial circumnavigation

First Flight is a 2006 computer-animated short film produced by DreamWorks Animation. It was written and directed by Cameron Hood and Kyle Jefferson.

The short debuted on March 12, 2006, at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas. Theatrically it was released on May 19, 2006, in select New York and Los Angeles theatres, together with the film Over the Hedge.

First Flight (foaled 1944 in Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was voted the American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly of 1946

First Flight is a public art work by artist Richard Taylor. It is located in front of the Milwaukee Youth Arts Center north of downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin near 3rd and Walnut Streets. The sculpture is made of aluminum sheets cut and welded and painted white. The work was commissioned by First Stage to commemorate its 25th anniversary.