Snape flying away

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No: HPFGUIDX 187244

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Susan Curcio <susanfullin at ...> wrote:
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> In DH30, Snape crashed through a window to escape the irate Profs.   Mcgonagall says "he learned a few tricks from his master". This means he knew how to fly like LV, not that he was an animagus, right?
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> Susan
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Karen

That's the way I have always read it. There are passages in DH where Harry 'sees' Voldemort flying without a broom. It must have been a particular mark of Voldemort's favour for him to show Snape how to do it or maybe an indication of how powerful Snape was that he was able to do it. There is no evidence Dumbledore ever flew without a broom, Hagrid referred to his use of Thestrals when he needed transport. 

Perhaps the spell was sufficiently 'dark' or difficult to restrict its use. After all Apparition was sufficiently difficult and dangerous to require a test so unassisted flying was I assume way beyond that level.