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?otD: What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow??
12/04/08
Body movement: 80 minute suburban walk (same route, faster pace)
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Posted: 5:44 am Thu December 04 2008 |
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tetar
December 4th, 2008 at 11:04 amabout 24 m.p.h.
old question
I think it’s like 37 meters per second
of course, finding a genuinely unladen swallow is like finding a virgin in high school these days
Steve Buchheit
December 4th, 2008 at 11:42 amAfrican or European?
Actually it would be more appropriate to ask what the lifting capabilities were.
tetar
December 4th, 2008 at 2:26 pmIt’s an old physics question, Classical calculus stuff. Traditional.