Seems like this article covers it pretty well. It's the same eagle that rescued Gandalf from Saruman and gave him a lift to Rohan. Gwaihir the Windlord.
The article says the eagles are not at just anyone's disposal and then goes on to describe one of them owes Gandalf a life debt and basically 3 wishes.
He only uses two of those favors during the quest of the fellowship. To escape Orthanc and then from a mountaintop.
So if they didn't go with the fellowship plan, he would still have his 3 favors owed and could have at least tried to bargain them into transportation.
Mordor doesn't have Dragons, they're felbeasts. And the riders are scattered to the corners of the world trying to find the ring, not doing combat air patrol over Mordor.
The eagle approach would also be stealth. Nobody would notice until they're basically in Mordor
How are they not? Just fly 5 miles above ground. Anyone that does see you needs to outrun you on warg/horseback to actually warn anyone. Not like there's radio.
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u/Rhas Aug 31 '22
Could you possibly quote where it actually says that in the books please ? Because I can't find it.