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Thanks iCake, I was hoping to convey the idea that the bird was about to hit the window, but swerved at the last moment, and flew off unharmed. Your version has it hitting the window sideways? I...

Okay, so "птица налетела на окно" would be okay?
Or
"птица налетала на окно, но поворотила(сь), и поэтому не сворачивала себе шею"
I think the difference between 'за' and 'на' is fairly clear to...

"But there is point of interest (time/place/behaviour and so on) which was "overpassed""

That makes sense, it ties together the different meanings of this one.

I'm surprised that "она залетела"...

Thanks Alex,

'За' seems to mean 'to go past, or beyond' here then. I knew about 'она залетела', but hadn't thought of it as 'crossing a border.' In English we can say 'he/she crossed the line'...

That's a good link, thanks.

So, налетать means 'to fly onto/up against'. That makes sense.
I couldn't see anything about the prefix making it perfective, in fact 'налететь' is listed as the...

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Verbs of Motion - Russian Language Lesson 16
Is this example sentence
Он налетал 5000 миль. He has flown 5000 miles.
I'm baffled by this. I would have chosen залетел or...