[N/A] It has finally been answered.....

[vontresc]

What is the groundspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

Apparently 24mph

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

Pete

 

[mikea]

What is the groundspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

Apparently 24mph

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

Pete

Groundspeed? Does the wind have a constant velocity and direction everywhere a swallow flies?

 

[flyingcheesehead]

What is the groundspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

Dammit, I thought you meant the conveyor belt problem.

 

[stingray]

Dammit, I thought you meant the conveyor belt problem.

That question too has been answered, some just don't like the answer.

Dan

 

[flyingcheesehead]

That question too has been answered, some just don't like the answer.

I know, I was just hoping that Mythbusters finally aired it and managed to prove to certain people that the darn thing would take off. Oh well.

 

[ScottM]

What is the groundspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

Apparently 24mph

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

Pete

Can it carry a coconut to England?

 

[Ken Ibold]

What do you mean? African or European?

 

[Skip Miller]

What do you mean? African or European?

I've never seen an European Coconut!



-Skip

 

[L10MAN]

Go to the west coast of Ireland. They're not coconut palms but they are palm trees.
http://www.triskelle.eu/tourism/climate.php?index=100.020
Ron