It can also be fanciful, as in Vittorio de Sica's 1951 film "Miracle in Milan," which ends with the poor flying off to heaven on broomsticks, or comic, as in the stories of the Indian writer R. K. Narayan.
The female is a notoriously poor flyer: if you're on a flat site, a barrier a couple of feet high may stop her, but if the cow parsley rises above your site she coasts in on a downward wind and will skim over your barrier.
One ponders what those poor fly-covered, swollen-bellied residents, waiting in desperation for the latest vaccine and rice shipments in the Heart of Darkness, might have thought about old Mr. Bushmeat living it up so hoity toity.
Despite the long-tailed ground roller's poor flying abilities, it has been seen catching butterflies in midair.
It left the burden of preventing the Allied evacuation of Dunkirk to Kesselring's fliers, who were hampered by poor flying weather and staunch opposition from the Royal Air Force.
With their poor flying ability, many wing-propelled pursuit divers are more limited in their foraging range than other guilds, especially during the breeding season when hungry chicks need regular feeding.
Parsons said that Project Alberta would have it ready by August 11, but Tibbets pointed to weather reports indicating poor flying conditions on that day due to a storm, and asked if the bomb could be readied by August 9.
According to the historian Professor Stevan K. Pavlowitch, the bombing of Belgrade lasted for three days, other sources state the air battle over Belgrade lasted just two days owing to poor flying weather on 8 April.
Because of its poor flying ability, large size and possible island tameness, the broad-billed parrot was easy prey for sailors who visited Mauritius, and their nests would have been extremely vulnerable to predation by introduced crab-eating macaques and rats.
