Juniper's Magical Transportation Notes
written by Juniper
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Lesson #2: It's Time For Me to Fly
Chapter 2
History if Broomsticks
- one of the easiest and cheapest ways for wizards/witches to get around
- first recorded use was in German Manuscript from 962
- in 963, recorded in the same manuscript, is a drawing showing 3 German wizards on brooms in pain
- first brooms were very uncomfortable
- Scottish wizard Guthrie Lochrin described in 1107 "splinter-filled buttocks and bulging piles"
- had one speed and went only up or down
- in the 12th century brooms began to be made for profit
- 1829: Cushioning Charm was invented by Elliot Smethwyck
- 1926: first racing broom was sold and flying became mainstream
- Cleansweep Broom Company was founded by Bob, Bill and Barnaby Ollerton who created the Cleansweep 1
- 1929: Comet Trading Company was founded by Randolph Keitch and Basil Horton, created Comet 140
- Comet 140 was first broom that used a Braking Charm
- 1967: Nimbus Racing Broom Company
Ministry-Department of Magical Transportation
- Broom Regulatory Control Office ensures the safety of all brooms; confiscates/ends unsafe brooms
- also a division for tampered brooms
Reasons to Travel VIA Broomstick and People Who Do
- main reason: accessibility, enjoyment is also a factor
Brooms VS Floo Powder
- Floo Network can make you dizzy and traveling by broom is cleaner
- not all places connect to the Floo Network
- on a broom you can choose your destination and exactly where you will end up
Brooms VS Apparating
- apparating is very dangerous due to the risk of splinching
People Who Use Brooms
- families with school-aged children: children are too young to apparate and family can stay together, fairly cheap
- people who don't like apparating generally use the Floo Network but not all places connect
Flying
- walk up to the left side of the broom, put your right hand over it and say Up
- mount with a firm grip on the handle; too loosely: not secure on broom, too tightly: can't steer
- kick off ground, pull up to go higher, pull left to go left, pull right to go right, push down/lean forward to descend
Assignments: Quiz and Journal Entry
- one of the easiest and cheapest ways for wizards/witches to get around
- first recorded use was in German Manuscript from 962
- in 963, recorded in the same manuscript, is a drawing showing 3 German wizards on brooms in pain
- first brooms were very uncomfortable
- Scottish wizard Guthrie Lochrin described in 1107 "splinter-filled buttocks and bulging piles"
- had one speed and went only up or down
- in the 12th century brooms began to be made for profit
- 1829: Cushioning Charm was invented by Elliot Smethwyck
- 1926: first racing broom was sold and flying became mainstream
- Cleansweep Broom Company was founded by Bob, Bill and Barnaby Ollerton who created the Cleansweep 1
- 1929: Comet Trading Company was founded by Randolph Keitch and Basil Horton, created Comet 140
- Comet 140 was first broom that used a Braking Charm
- 1967: Nimbus Racing Broom Company
Ministry-Department of Magical Transportation
- Broom Regulatory Control Office ensures the safety of all brooms; confiscates/ends unsafe brooms
- also a division for tampered brooms
Reasons to Travel VIA Broomstick and People Who Do
- main reason: accessibility, enjoyment is also a factor
Brooms VS Floo Powder
- Floo Network can make you dizzy and traveling by broom is cleaner
- not all places connect to the Floo Network
- on a broom you can choose your destination and exactly where you will end up
Brooms VS Apparating
- apparating is very dangerous due to the risk of splinching
People Who Use Brooms
- families with school-aged children: children are too young to apparate and family can stay together, fairly cheap
- people who don't like apparating generally use the Floo Network but not all places connect
Flying
- walk up to the left side of the broom, put your right hand over it and say Up
- mount with a firm grip on the handle; too loosely: not secure on broom, too tightly: can't steer
- kick off ground, pull up to go higher, pull left to go left, pull right to go right, push down/lean forward to descend
Assignments: Quiz and Journal Entry
