Sentence examples for capable of flying after from inspiring English sources

The volcanic island of Réunion is only three million years old, whereas Mauritius and Rodrigues, with each their flightless Raphine species, are eight to ten million years old, and it is unlikely that either bird would have been capable of flying after five or more million years of adapting to the islands.

Morphological traits such as flight feathers must grow quickly in order for nestlings to be capable of flying soon after they leave the nest.

All three will be capable of flying at supersonic speeds.

After a very long incubation period, the young emerge as fully feathered miniature adults and are capable of flying in 24 hours.

After freeing the other passengers and most of the crew members, Mr. Kavaja forced the remaining crew to fly back to New York, where he demanded and received another plane capable of flying him to Ireland.

Boeing says its 747-400s are capable of flying up to 7,260 nautical miles, or 13,450 kilometers.

The plane would have been capable of flying with only one engine.

And the 27-year-old first officer was perfectly capable of flying the plane.

In the air, they're graceful and capable of flying sixty miles an hour.

"These finches are very mobile and capable of flying long distances.

Machines capable of flying up to 50 characters might be used.