flying animation is definitely something I want to get into - and I say that, though I have not yet actually sat down to do reference search or motion studies other than quick glances.
Compared to my earlier tries ( which I haven't even posted anywhere because they were so rough) I feel like I have gotten a better sense for timing/rhythm - which wasn't hard to do as I previously just didn't plain think about it. Still got ways to go though too.
31 frames in total, animated on twos.
That reference curve-line btw is not perfectly aligned, because I ended up resizing the animation. I still wanted to keep the guideline to show the initial first step I did in terms of planning. (the rest is improvised - but i were to go about it more seriously, I would redo this rough animation multiple times with references at hand)