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.
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.
Question of the Day #252: What is your New Year resolution (if it's not too personal)?
Also, I think this will be the last question that I will be posting. RedLink said he would be able to run the thread again by tomorrow. you guys must be so happy
I am not deluded about my wonderful singing voice. My mother has often told me I have the voice of an angel, and so I would easily win this competition. I am prepared to sell everything I own to buy a ticket to an audition and place my entire future on the notion.
Lieutenant Commander of the Lesbian Love Brigade
There can only be one, like in that foreign movie where there could only be one, and in the end there is only one dude left, because that was the point.
I imagine most sane people would batter themselves to death with the microphone the moment they came to realization they where bizzarely on such a damn awful show all of a sudden, or else live with the madness that would drive you to commit such an act in the first place.
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