It was a Monty Python joke. A real swallow could not carry coconuts. However, the airspeed of an unladen swallow is 24 miles per hour.
the airspeed indicator works by measuring the increase in air pressure caused by the moving aircraft
the airspeed indicator works by measuring the increase in air pressure caused by the moving aircraft
Airspeed is speed with respect to the air, i.e. speed through the air. Groundspeed is speed with respect to the ground, i.e. speed over the ground. It's the vector sum of airspeed and windspeed.
Airspeed
Indicated airspeed compared to ground speed are different due to the movement of air (winds) around the aircraft.
A unladen swallow is the opposite of a laden swallow.
African or European?
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40 kilometres per hour
African or European swallow?
It depends on if it is carrying a coconut or not. An unladen swallow can fly at about 10 meters per second. It is 384,400 kilometers to the moon, so it would take the swallow 1 year, 2 months, 18 days, 18 hours, 59 minutes and 46 seconds to get there. A fully laden swallow would take longer.
The airspeed indicator or airspeed gauge is an instrument used in an aircraft to display the airspeed in knots
7-9 wing beats per second but for it to carrya coconut from France to England it would have to beat its wings 42 times a second
An airspeed indicator is an aviation instrument which displays an aircraft's current airspeed.
A laden swallow can only dive at 88 km/h
Equivalent airspeed is speed at sea level in which the incompressible dynamic pressure can be produces as if it were at true airspeed. Equivalent airspeed is used to predict aircraft handling.
Airspeed Aviation was created in 1986.