A flight commander is the leader of a flight of military aircraft or the commander of a ground-based flight. Flight commander may also refer to: In the Royal Naval Air Service, the appointment held by a lieutenant commanding a flight. The Flight Commander (film), a 1927 silent feature from Gaumont British "The Flight Commander", a 1928 short story by John Monk Saunders The Dawn Patrol (1930 film), retitled Flight Commander in 1938