What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?

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Jan 15 2003, 5:24 am
What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?
Jan 15 2003, 7:12 am
African or European?
Jan 16 2003, 5:08 pm
In response to DasFalke
I dont know that....wahhhhhhhhh *old man flies into the hole*
Jan 16 2003, 5:13 pm
In response to Jotdaniel
Waste my bandwidth, why don't you!
Jan 16 2003, 10:20 pm
In response to Crispy
bwahaha!
Sep 28 2004, 8:27 am (Edited on Sep 28 2004, 8:32 am)
In response to DasFalke
DasFalke wrote:
African or European?

"Although a definitive answer would of course require further measurements, published species-wide averages of wing length and body mass, initial Strouhal estimates based on those averages and cross-species comparisons, the Lund wind tunnel study of birds flying at a range of speeds, and revised Strouhal numbers based on that study all lead me to estimate that the average cruising airspeed velocity of an unladen European Swallow is roughly 11 meters per second, or 24 miles an hour."

http://www.style.org/unladenswallow/

and 8.8 meters per second, or 20 miles per hour according to this

http://www.style.org/unladenswallow/update/
Sep 28 2004, 10:47 am
And then, you must cut down the mightiest tree in the forest.. WITH A HERRING!
Sep 28 2004, 11:41 am
In response to Crispy
Indeed funny.