Hermione flyga i den första boken, när de tre försökte fånga den förtrollade nyckeln, och igen för att komma tillbaka:
"You drink that," said Harry. "No, listen, get back and get Ron. Grab brooms from the flying-key room, they'll get you out of the trapdoor and past Fluffy..."
Men hon var verkligen inte angelägen om att flyga från början:
"Stick out your right hand over your broom," called Madam Hooch at the front, "and say 'Up!'"
"UP!" everyone shouted.
Harry's broom jumped into his hand at once, but it was one of the few that did. Hermione Granger's had simply rolled over on the ground, and Neville's hadn't moved at all. Perhaps brooms, like horses, could tell when you're afraid, thought Harry...
Och i DH, ch. 4; de sju pottarna:
'Miss Granger with Kingsley, again by Thestral -'
Hermione looked reassured as she answered Kingsley's smile; Harry knew that Hermione, too, lacked confidence on a broomstick.