Those Things On Your Back (Part 1)

Writing what I’ve learnt for flying so far. Hopefully, this’ll come in handy for any Pegasus wishing to get a better grip on this alien art form. Now I ain’t much of a writer, so this may come off as too brief for some but hey, some things are better done than read about.

DO NOT CONTINUE IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE FOLLOWING: SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, WINGS AND SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEMS

First off, get limber. Flight requires a damn good amount of control of all of your limbs and you don’t wanna strain a muscle when you’re in the air, trust me. Placing your front two legs outwards stick your butt up and stretch, now do the same but in reverse. Hind legs outwards, chest forward. Jog on the spot, flex your wings.

Warmed up? Good. Now check the wind, don’t try anything stupid at this point if there’s a gale going on, but something like a slight breeze shouldn’t affect you.

Let’s start with jumping, keep your wings folded and jump.

Mix it up, hops and jumps, then try and jump as hard as you can. Nailing this part down and knowing which type of jump can best suit your flight pattern is essential.

Now, this part will probably screw you over a bit, but keep trying. Seriously keep trying, the more you do something the better you get at it, this applies to absolutely EVERYTHING. Try and jump more than 1 foot of the ground, you’re not jumping for an Olympic gold here but you’re doing more than hopping. Whilst doing this, start flapping your wings twice a second. What’s important here is that you make sure you can steady yourself and ascend in a reasonably straight line. This may take a few tries, it’s also why you needed to check the wind earlier, and we’ll get to coping with that another time. You were practicing on soft ground, right? I hope so, because up next is descent. Make sure you’re in a straight line and slow your wing flapping to once a second, when you’re a reasonable distance from the floor make sure your hooves are flat and fold your wings, bend  legs on impact. If that hurt then either you’re a wimp or you didn’t land close enough.

Keep practising like that; I’ll get back to this soon enough. You and I share the same struggle, and as part of my civic duty I wanna take the lumps so you don’t have to. (Well not as many lumps anyway)

 

Thought for the day: “In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.”