Fixes #1171

Bukkit/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/object/BukkitPlayer.java

@@ -173,6 +173,11 @@ public class BukkitPlayer extends PlotPlayer {
         this.player.setAllowFlight(fly);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean getFlight() {
+        return player.getAllowFlight();
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void playMusic(Location location, int id) {
         //noinspection deprecation

Core/src/main/java/com/intellectualcrafters/plot/object/ConsolePlayer.java

@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@ public class ConsolePlayer extends PlotPlayer {
     @Override
     public void setFlight(boolean fly) {}
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean getFlight() {
+        return true;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void playMusic(Location location, int id) {}
     

Core/src/main/java/com/intellectualcrafters/plot/object/PlotPlayer.java

@@ -324,6 +324,8 @@ public abstract class PlotPlayer implements CommandCaller, OfflinePlotPlayer {
      */
     public abstract void setFlight(boolean fly);
 
+    public abstract  boolean getFlight();
+
     /**
      * Play music at a location for the player.
      * @param location where to play the music

Core/src/main/java/com/intellectualcrafters/plot/util/ByteArrayUtilities.java

@@ -15,4 +15,11 @@ public class ByteArrayUtilities {
         return (bytes[0]<<24)&0xff000000|(bytes[1]<<16)&0x00ff0000|(bytes[2]<<8)&0x0000ff00|(bytes[3])&0x000000ff;
     }
 
+    public static boolean bytesToBoolean(byte[] bytes) {
+        return bytes[0] == 1;
+    }
+
+    public static byte[] booleanToBytes(boolean b) {
+        return new byte[] {(byte)(b ? 1 : 0)};
+    }
 }

Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/listener/PlotListener.java

@@ -11,16 +11,7 @@ import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.object.Plot;
 import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.object.PlotArea;
 import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.object.PlotPlayer;
 import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.object.RunnableVal;
-import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.util.AbstractTitle;
+import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.util.*;
-import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.util.CommentManager;
-import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.util.EventUtil;
-import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.util.MainUtil;
-import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.util.Permissions;
-import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.util.PlotGameMode;
-import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.util.PlotWeather;
-import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.util.StringMan;
-import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.util.TaskManager;
-import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.util.UUIDHandler;
 import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.util.expiry.ExpireManager;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -94,7 +85,10 @@ public class PlotListener {
                 }
                 Optional<Boolean> flyFlag = plot.getFlag(Flags.FLY);
                 if (flyFlag.isPresent()) {
-                    player.setFlight(flyFlag.get());
+                    if (flyFlag.get() != player.getFlight()) {
+                        player.setPersistentMeta("flight", ByteArrayUtilities.booleanToBytes(player.getFlight()));
+                        player.setFlight(flyFlag.get());
+                    }
                 }
                 Optional<Long> timeFlag = plot.getFlag(Flags.TIME);
                 if (timeFlag.isPresent()) {
@@ -204,9 +198,13 @@ public class PlotListener {
                 }
             }
             if (plot.getFlag(Flags.FLY).isPresent()) {
-                PlotGameMode gamemode = player.getGameMode();
+                if (player.hasPersistentMeta("flight")) {
-                if (gamemode == PlotGameMode.SURVIVAL || (gamemode == PlotGameMode.ADVENTURE)) {
+                    player.setFlight(ByteArrayUtilities.bytesToBoolean(player.getPersistentMeta("flight")));
-                    player.setFlight(false);
+                } else {
+                    PlotGameMode gameMode = player.getGameMode();
+                    if (gameMode == PlotGameMode.SURVIVAL || gameMode == PlotGameMode.ADVENTURE) {
+                        player.setFlight(false);
+                    }
                 }
             }
             if (plot.getFlag(Flags.TIME).isPresent()) {

Sponge/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/sponge/object/SpongePlayer.java

@@ -168,6 +168,12 @@ public class SpongePlayer extends PlotPlayer {
         this.player.offer(Keys.CAN_FLY, fly);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean getFlight() {
+        Optional<Boolean> flying = player.get(Keys.CAN_FLY);
+        return flying.isPresent() && flying.get();
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void playMusic(Location location, int id) {
         switch (id) {