Latest news from Brookside Village, TX collected exclusively by city-data.com from local newspapers, TV, and radio stations. Ancestries: United States (16.2%), German (8.9%), English (5.7%), Irish (5.5%), Czech (4.6%), Italian (1.6%). Current Local Time: CST time zone. Elevation: 50 feet.
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.
What... is the Airspeed Velocity of an Unladen Swallow? The account request procedure on DeepThought asks the applicant several questions (What is your name?, etc.) For its amusement value, it was suggested to me that I throw in the swallow question from the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail.