Learning how to do things in steps?

Has anyone else learned how to fly in steps, throughout various unconnected dreams?
The first time was when I fell of a church tower, and just before I hit the ground gravity was reduced, so I softly touched the ground.
The second time was in a lucid dream (also my very first LD!) where I jumped off an ocean cliff and flew over the ocean. I had no control, and I was very unstable. (spinning around my axis and I couldn't change direction or altitude)
Then I learned how to take off by jumping straight up (I could even take off from the water) and in the next dream I learned how faith in your own abilities can prevent you from falling down again. Then I learned how to do a barrel roll. After this one I had to flee from some enemy beings - I carried a passenger for a reasonably long distance, at an acceptable altitude.
In my last dream I used flight to fight the army. It was amazing, I had perfect control!
Only the second flying dream was lucid...