Beta Flight

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Official Team Name

Beta Flight

Team Aliases

Playpen Patrol

Identity

Secret

Universe

Earth-616

Base of Operations

Department H (Toronto); formerly Department H (Ottawa), Mansion Alpha

Affiliations

Former Members
Box I, Marrina, Puck, Flashback, Persuasion, Manikin, Pathway, Goblyn, Talisman, Feedback, Witchfire, Guardian III, Flex, Radius, Murmur, Ghost Girl and Manbot

Allies

Alpha Flight

Enemies

Master of the World, Omega Flight

Origin

Origin

Government-sponsored group; training group for Alpha Flight

Place of Formation

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Creators

John Byrne

First appearance

Alpha Flight #1
(August, 1983)

History

Beta Flight is a training division of Alpha Flight. The team has gone through several incarnations. Consistently the team has been less experienced (and/or younger) Canadian heroes who are training to be in Alpha Flight.

The first incarnation of Beta Flight was created by James Hudson after the failure of his first super-human response team, the Flight. This version was disbanded when the Canadian government cut all funding to Department H after several missions were deemed failures.
Membership consisted of:

• Box I
• Marrina
• Puck
• Flashback

The second team to be known as Beta Flight was created by Heather Hudson after Alpha Flight became allied with several young super-humans. This team broke up briefly following Alpha Flight's return from a trip in outer space.
Membership consisted of:

• Purple Girl
• Manikin
• Laura Dean
• Goblyn

After Alpha Flight re-gained government sponsorship, they soon sponsored another Beta Flight. Given the experience its members, Beta Flight was deemd ready for field duty. Windshear acted as their advisor/liaison.
Membership consisted of all Betans from previous incaration as well as:

• Talisman
• Feedback
• Witchfire

The most recent incarnation of Alpha Flight consisted of newer heroes who served (for a time) as Alpha Flight.
Its members:

• Guardian III
• Flex
• Radius
• Murmur
• Ghost Girl
• Manbot

Paraphernalia

Equipment: None known.
Transportation: None known.
Weapons: None known.

Notes

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Trivia

• No trivia.

See Also

• 13 Beta Flight (Earth-616) Members
  
• 36 Appearances of Beta Flight (Earth-616)
• Images that include Beta Flight (Earth-616)
• Team Gallery: Beta Flight (Earth-616)
• Fan-Art Gallery: Beta Flight (Earth-616)

Links and References

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Footnotes