[HPforGrownups] Re: Flight to London - Speed Questioned

[Random]

No: HPFGUIDX 71871


On Sunday, Jul 20, 2003, at 07:12 America/Indianapolis, bibphile wrote:

> Sorry, Random, that won't work.  Harry's eyes were "screwed up
> against the rushing wind."  His face felt "stiff and cold."  His
> mouth felt "dry and cold." (Us ed. pp. 765-766)  He definately felt
> a portion of the speed.  Wouldn't a static bubble have protected him
> from that?

Back to the convertible analogy (not so much an analogy as an example, 
really) - you do feel some wind in your hair, but not the full 70mph or 
whatever... that's not until you stick your hand up above the 
windshield or out a window. There's still no real reason the magic 
couldn't be to reduce the effect of the wind... perhaps the thestral 
was going even faster than it usually does, which would strain the 
limits of the magic.

--Random832