Airspeed Velocity Of An Unladen Swallow

An anonymous reader writes "Finally, the question is answered: What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow? A designer with too much time on his hands uses his new method for graphically representing Strouhal numbers to clarify a truly pressing question for all armchair zoologists (and a few Monty Python fans)."

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WoW !

[cablepokerface]

A 54-year survey of 26,285 European Swallows captured and released by the Avian Demography Unit of the University of Capetown finds that the average adult European swallow has a wing length of 12.2 cm and a body mass of 20.3 grams.

54 years? That's amazing, i think I could copy that research with a shotgun, a measuring tool and a free sunday afternoon.

Finally..

[Takara]

I decided to try to answer one of the timeless questions of science: just what is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow

Yes, finally someone had the balls to answer this question that has been wracking the minds of scientists for ages!

Someone get this man a nobel.

Okay, that's 2 questiones answered

[91degrees]

But what is your favourite colour?

And now for something completely different

[orthancstone]

For his next article, can he tell us if the parrot is dead?

Re:Had to be said...

[azzy]

That's what my University tutor used to say about the exams :(

Those responsible ...

[rob_au]

Those responsible for the posting of this link and subsequent slashdotting of the site have been sacked.

The site has now been mirrored by karma whores on numerous different hosts at great expense and at the last minute.

Re:It's the European swallow

[rob_au]

I can't wait until someone who gets moderated down in this discussion cries out - "Help! Help! I'm being repressed!" - and decries the "violence inherent in the system".

Re:It's the European swallow

[ferkelparade]

Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of moderation!