# Dreaming of flying: the mechanics **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 5, 2003, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreaming-of-flying-the-mechanics/205680 "2003-10-05T07:00:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreaming-of-flying-the-mechanics/205680/21 "2003-10-06T13:12:59Z")
I do the wall-jumping thing, like **Vlad** , except with no gravity. When I was a kid I had one flying dream, though, where I could fly around on toy airplanes, kinda like I was sitting on a hobby horse. ---
**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreaming-of-flying-the-mechanics/205680/22 "2003-10-06T14:15:35Z")
Whenever I fly in my dreams, I control it by using my stomach muscles. I have to keep them flexed in order to remain aloft. ---
**Author:** ![Venoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@Venoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Venoma)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreaming-of-flying-the-mechanics/205680/23 "2003-10-06T14:31:30Z")
I used to have to ‘jump’ or use gliders or concentrate very very hard to fly in my dreams - but no longer. If I want to fly, I simply do so. I can look at a place, close my eyes and will myself to reappear there - so long as I remember that I can do so. Wish I had remembered that in the dream I just woke up from - major frustration. Hail lucid dreaming 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreaming-of-flying-the-mechanics/205680.md?page=1)