Super Powers - Flying Ability

In this series of blogs I will be observing the various super powers that we'd all love to have. I'll look at the pro's and cons and see what we all think we could do with the powers. These powers won't necessarily be needed to act as a super hero, they could simply be thier to make your life easier. At the end of the each blog i will give a verdict on these abilities - Super? or Stupid?

This is a very common response when asked what sort of super power you would like to have. Who wouldn't want to fly? Travel to the shops with ease and minimal effort, life would become so easy. I've always wanted the ability to fly simply for the feeling of being weightless.

Positives
-Easy to be a superhero
All you have to do is fly around a town with a perfect view of everything. Then once you spot someone in trouble you simply fly down, pick them up to safety and place them away from the danger. The only issue may be fighting off the criminals, i suppose you could always just fly away...
-It would be a great way to escape danger
Imagine someone suddenly comes towards you with a knife, they want you phone and all your money. You can just laugh and shoot into the air away from any harm.
-Cheap and easy holidays
You can travel to your favourite destinations for free, as long as your prepared to carry your luggage all the way there.
-Best view in the house
You can get all the best views for your favourite music concerts, football games, music festivals- the lot! Just sit at the top of the stadium, or fly down backstage, or just hover right in front of them. Just be careful security don't try to take you out.
-Everything becomes more fun in the air...
Surely if you had the ability to fly, it would mean you can do pretty much anything while in the air. That means reading, playing sports, thinking, sleeping? The list goes on, and i'm guessing they would become even more fun to do.


Negatives
-Hard to stear?
Who knows how difficult it could be to turn left and right, particularly when your flying without any sort of wings. Even if you don't have too much difficulty, you may still become a fairly easy target for someone with a gun. If people can shoot a clay pigeon so easily, the won't have much problem with a flying human.
-Easy to recognise
Let's face it, thier's not going to be many flying people around, you'll be spotted pretty easily. So you won't be able to flee anywhere without people knowing it's you they've spotted flying away.
-Bugs
I'm guessing thiers a lot of bugs in the air, and if your travelling at fast speeds...they're going to go everywhere. All over you face and in your mouth - it won't be pleasant.
-Planes
I suppose you don't see them everywhere, and you don't see them all the time, but it could happen. I wouldn't want to get too close and get sucked up in the engine.
-Annoying friends
If you had the ability to fly, you wouldn't want to keep it secret, but that also means that everybody will want to take advantage. You'll be flying your mum to the shops, taking your best friend to thier football game it's a lot of work, and it's not like you can say no. You've been given this ability, you've surely got to share it out a bit?
-Careful clothing?
I'm guessing flying around in the air with wind blowing all around you clothing would be quite important, especially if you plan to fly at fast speeds. An all-in-one maybe be necessary to avoid stuff slipping off. Skirts and elasticated trousers are certainly a no.

What you had to say

Twitter Responses - What would you do if you had the ability to fly?

@bryanjones63 With the ability to fly I would leave this planet and find one that humans haven't fucked up yet.

@spiritwasteland I would use it to... fly?

@danielmackrell  lol, very creative =P where would you fly though?

@spiritwasteland Wherever I needed to go. But I would try and use my powers for good, like save people from being run over and whatever. :)

@JaimeCarroll Buy stronger hairspray so I don't mess my hair up. Oh, and go to places far and wide.

@RevTheMag Have mind-blowing sex. Oh, wait ...

@Ren_1992 I'd fly all around the world! :)

@GeorgeRoff Aha! ;D Well, fly closely above the sea to various places! :D #SavingMoney

Conclusion
Flying is a good ability to have, the most popular reason would be to travel across the world. Although, it may take a while, and won't necessarily be the most comfortable journey. But on a bright sunny day i'm sure nothing would feel better.

Thiers a reason we have(and love) aeroplanes. We would all love to conquer flight, we all want to soar into the air and look down on the people below. It's such a magical thought, and while writing this i'm staring out my window at the clear blew sky. In the last 5 minutes i've seen a bird and plane fly by, it's amazing thinking how much is going on in the air while most of us are stuck rooted to the ground. I suppose anything seems possible in the air, you'r unstoppable and thier is no limit to what we can achieve.
But i suppose we can give our dreams and asiprations wings to fly, and to break through the ceiling...ok maybe i'm getting a bit too cheesy. and off track.

Basically, flying would be an awesome ability to have at our disposal, and not only that, but it's a plausible one. What if we perfect the jet pack? Will we all be flying around 30 or 40 years from now? Wouldn't that be a sight...

Verdict - Super!


Let me know what you think of the ability to fly? Got any more positives or negatives? Is it what you would choose? What would you do with that power?

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