Board Thread:Middle Earth Roleplays/@comment-25344655-20160227035125/@comment-26210095-20160229212352

Missiles that pass to strike their targets many miles away?" Sounds like a pretty clear reference, an arrow did not make a noise like thunder and pass many miles unerring

Also, there is a slight hint that Numenoreans had airplaines in the extremely early drafts of Tolkien's writings

.And it is said that even those of the Numenoreans of old who had the straight vision did not all comprehend this, and they tried to devise ships that would rise above the waters of the world and hold to the imangined seas. But they acheived only ships that would sail in the air of breath...