The Twilight Zone (r1s01e18)

The Last Flight

by Rod Serling, directed by William F. Claxton

Release: 5 February 1960
Format: TV Episode
Genres: Fantasy, War
Audience: Adults
Content: Definite Time Travel
Original Language: English

World War I pilot Terry Decker flies through a white cloud and emerges 42 years later, landing at an American Air Force Base in France, at which point he proves that a Nieuport 28 biplane is capable of doing a causal loop just as well as he can do an Immelmann Turn.

— Michael Main

DEBUT

The Twilight Zone (v1s01e18), “The Last Flight” (CBS-TV, USA, 5 February 1960).

VARIANTS

1 English variant

TAGS(SPOILERS!)

Time Periods

Circa AD 1900 to 1929: starting and ending time for Lt. Decker
Circa AD 1950 to 1959: time of the story

Time Travel Methods

Unexplained Time Travel Methods

Themes

Causal Loops: Decker goes back in time to save Leadbottom only because he is told in 1959 that Leadbottom is still alive.

Real-World Tags

World War I

Groupings

TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY (SPOILERS!)

From the skies above France, 5 March 1917 ⋙ to 5 March 1959. Round trip. Note: Lt. Terry Decker in his Nieuport 28 biplane.