FLY-101 Lessons

Hello and welcome to my humble courtyard and to Magical Transportation! I'll be your instructor, Madame Fox. In my many years of guiding youngsters through the skies (as well as working in the Department of Magical Transportation) I’ve learned quite a few things, and am hoping to pass them on…

Hello students, and welcome back! We have more regulatory conversations to have today, but if you’re anything like me, you’ll enjoy taking a look at how things tick. Plus, there is important information here for those of you that might want to get various licenses or permissions to do w…

Welcome, class! Take a seat in the grass, and feel free to seat yourselves next to a broom you think looks particularly interesting! We’ll be using this field of broomsticks as visual aides today as we talk about the history of brooms from the very beginnings, to the creation of the first rac…

Once again, hello and welcome. It’s another lovely day to be alive, and outside. What’s more, it’s a perfect day to learn about the inner workings of brooms. How can I tell? Well, every day is a perfect day to learn about brooms, of course! Let’s jump right in, shall we? …

Today we’re taking to the skies for the first time, students! Or, well, the first time for some of us. I know many of you are impatient and others are terrified, but both groups, bear with me. We have a few instructions to go over, stretched throughout the lesson in order to make sure everyon…

Another wonderful day for a zip around the sky, don’t you think? Today’s flying lesson will be a bit of a treat for those of you who were chomping at the bit last week, as we will be moving on from the basics and covering then practicing some maneuvers that can jazz up your flying! No, …

Welcome students! We can put away the broom polish today! Instead of our normal fare, we’ll be talking about magic carpets, as I’m sure you can tell by the richly embroidered textiles around us. Those of you with very keen minds may be wondering why and how a former Ministry official is…

Welcome, students. Welcome! Come pull up a good patch of grass so we can get started. I know you can see some lovely creatures off on the other side of the courtyard, but I promise you’ll be introduced to them soon. Try to focus on me, though I know I’m not nearly as exciting. Today we…

Now that we’ve looked at all the various successes surrounding the development of flight over the years, I’d like to take our last day together to cover some of the numerous and/or horrifically terrible attempts from the past. You may be surprised to hear it, but there’s quite the…