Flight to London (was: Dumbledore is Hedwig)

[ratalman]

No: HPFGUIDX 71723

> bboy_mn:
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> I was alway very uncomfortable with the idea of Dumbledore 
>flying a broom to London because even at 200 mile per hour, 
>that's over a 2 hour trip; probably 2-1/2 hours when you 
>consider he can't fly the entire distance at 200mph, and that 
>assumes the unlikelihood that a broom can go 200mph or 
>that a person could stand the windchill and turbulance for 
>2-1/2 hours.
> 
>However, we now have the very convinient Thestrals which I 
>believe are capable of magical flight. They fly at an apparent 50 
>mph but cover ground at a rate of 500 mph. I suspect this 
>magical flight is a blend of normal flight and slow motion 
>apparation-like ability.
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Is it not possible to travel to and from Hogwarts using the Floo 
network?

Robyn