C J Campbell wrote:
On 2007-10-18 16:24:45 -0700, Jim Logajan said:

"Robert M. Gary" wrote:
On Oct 18, 1:52 pm, Jim Logajan wrote:
I saw the following poll at Doug Reeve's "Van's Airforce" and was
mildly surprised to see almost 70% first logged time under the age of
30 (at least at the time I last looked):

http://www.vansairforce.com/communit...ad.php?t=22591

So I wonder how many of you I can get to (reasonably) honestly answer
the following three questions:

What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

Pseudochelidoninae or Hirundininae?

Pseudochelidoninae are river martins, not true swallows. Both African
and European swallows are Hirundininae. Not to put too fine a point on
it, it is generally accepted that all swallows are descended from
African species.

Both African and European species when unladen have a cruising airspeed
of approximately 25 mph, but they can reach 40 or 50 mph in short
bursts. Chinese swallows are about the same.

AAAAaaaaaaaaaah......!!!

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