Ring wraiths vs. Balrogs

[Elrian]

left out the easterlinges, sorry:P
There is no hard evidence in any text of Tolkien that says Balrogs could fly. I would think that if they could fly, that the Balrog Glorfindel battled would fly back up after he fell off the cliff. Or even the Balrog in Moria

The Balrog in Moria had no room to gain the momentum to fly if his wings as Tolkien said streched from wall to wall in the cavern, in the chasm it fell into there would be less room. When Glorfindel battled the Balrog, didn't Glorfindel fall with the Balrog? Preventing it possibly from taking flight, and or wounding it thereby making flight impossible, or was there enough room for it to fly to begin with?
Balrogs were Maia like Sauron, and sauron neither sailed (it would have burned), nor swam (He would not still be so hot during the Last Alliance to burn Gil-galad and melt his spear) off Numenor after it's destruction, he flew. He could also fly during the First Age as a vampire bat. Sauron and the Balrogs didn't have a restriction of old men forms like the Istari did. If Sauron as a Maia could fly att will, so could a Balrog. Sauron didn't always fly either, but he could [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

[ June 12, 2002: Message edited by: Elrian ]