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Flight
Nathan flies away, after his ability is revealed to Danko .
Originally held by:	Nathan Petrelli (synthetic), West Rosen , Angie
Absorbed by:	Peter Petrelli, Sylar (explosion future)
Ability to:	Propel oneself through the air

Flight (also referred to as "Human Flight Potential") is the ability to propel oneself through the air.

Characters

Confirmed

• Nathan Petrelli possesses this ability, and it was granted synthetically.
• West Rosen also possesses this ability.
• Peter has absorbed this ability from Nathan (Genesis).
  It was briefly lost to his father (Dying of the Light), but has since been synthetically regained as part of another ability on three occasions. (Dual, Trust and Blood, Exposed)
• Angie has this ability. (Libertad)

Future

• In one possible future, Sylar steals this ability from Nathan.
• In another possible future where abilities can be induced, several people demonstrated this ability.

Limits

West Rosen

West has been shown to carry two other people while flying, while surrounded by a forcefield west has been able to break through a roof, even though it was slight broken (Live Together Die Alone).

Selected Examples

• 
  When Peter attempts to fly on his own, Nathan sees him fall and flies up to catch him. Peter mimics his power and they both fly.
  (Genesis)
• 
  Peter levitates at a constant height with little effort.
  (Don't Look Back)
• 
  Nathan shows what seems to be true supersonic flight with a distinctive boom.
  (Hiros)
• 
  Nathan flies out of his car before it crashes.
  (Six Months Ago)
• 
  Peter flies off with Claude to escape Mr. Bennet and the Haitian.
  (Unexpected)
• 
  West picks Claire up and flies her over Costa Verde.
  (Kindred)
• 
  For the first time, Nathan uses his ability offensively by flying Baron Samedi into a car.
  (The Eclipse, Part 2)
• 
  Angie flies away from one of a capture squad.
  (Libertad)

Memorable Quotes

"This morning, when I got out of bed, my foot hovered before it hit the ground, hovered for a split second. Like I was like I was floating. I'm telling you, I think I can fly."

- Peter (to Nathan) (Genesis)

"Flying man. Oh ... you fly. I see you. Whhshh!"

- Hiro (to Nathan) (Hiros)

"Hey, you know what? I'm just gonna fly off the terrace, yeah? No? Hey, I can fly, Nathan. So can you."

- Peter (to Nathan) (Nothing to Hide)

"You can skydive without a parachute!"

"You can skydive without a plane!"

- West, Claire (The Kindness of Strangers)

Notes

• The Genesis files contains a folder labeled "Human flight potential".
• According to the episode commentary for The Kindness of Strangers, West's flight is supposed to have a "more lyrical, Peter Pan quality" than Nathan's.
• In an interview, Joe Pokaski and Aron Coleite state that if West and Nathan had a race around the world, Nathan would win because he has the age and experience.
• During the Super Bowl XLIII commercials, several evolved humans are shown playing a football game with famous NFL players. Nathan and Peter both use their abilities to fly, and John Elway is revealed to be an evolved human with the ability of flight.

See Also

• For other uses of flight, see flight (disambig).

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