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It depends on whether you are talking about an African or European swallow. The airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow is roughly 11 meters per second, or 24 miles per hour*, beating its wings 7-9 times per second (rather than 43). But please note that a 5 ounce bird cannot carry a one pound coconut.
There is no way to know exactly how far the average European swallowâs wing flap propels it, but we can estimate about .75 meters per beat according to various studies. When we take the number of beats per second (12) and multiply it by the distance per beat (.75), we get a value for velocity of 9 meters per second.