Snape flying away

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Susan:
> > 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?

> 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.


My understanding is that Voldemort had invented unaided flight magic very recently - Nobody else could do it because nobody else knew how.

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