Based upon 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 gives an estimate that the average cruising airspeed velocity of an unladen European Swallow is roughly 11 meters per second, or 24 miles per hour.
Please note that a 5 ounce bird cannot carry a one pound coconut.
The best reasoning I have ever read on the faking the moon landing..
Mom would get pissed when people talked about it being faked! As her parts went there and back!
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