Physics and RoTK??!

[Knight of Gondor]

Originally Posted by Mattius

I'm no physics expert- but would the Eagles have been able to fly that close to a Volcano- there must have been some unagreeable thermals

I'm not even half an expert, so I don't know. I expect that number one, we have no gigantic eagles on earth with which we could compare, number two Mt. Doom really hadn't gotten going yet, and number three, birds are very skilled in navigating the skies, and would be able to snatch the hobbits and get out without any trouble.