100th Post Giveaway - 1968 S Proof Kennedy

Winner: CamaroDMD

Well fellow forum members, it is my 100th post and I guess it is time for a really cool giveaway. But, I can not make it too easy as this 1968 Proof Kennedy is really a Choice GEM, and definitely would grade high.

So, here is my question. Please post your answer in this thread. The cut off is Saturday January 9, 2010 at 08:00 EST. The first person with the correct, or person with the closest answer at the end wins - the coin will be sent First Class in an air-tite.

The question is: What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen European swallow?

For those of you who have no idea where to start, I will give one hint - Monty Python.

Have fun,
Brian
(Space 4 Rent)

 

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Huh? I-- I don't know that! Auuuuuuuugh!

 

I will take a shot here with out knowing anything about this subject!!
100 mph, Maybe i will get lucky, But probably not...LOL

 

45 mph????:kewl:

 

African, or European?

I'll say it's about 11m/s (24mph)

 

"airspeed velocity of an unladen European Swallow is roughly 11 meters per second, or 24 miles an hour."

 

What really is Monty Python?

What really is Monty Python?
Is that not some kind of GB humor that I will never for one secound watch, get or listen to???

 

DING DING DING ---
We Have A Winner!!!!

CamaroDMD -- Also, since krispy was a very close second, there is a runner-up prize available for you as well!


"Although a definitive answer would of course require further measurements, published species-wide averages of wing length and body mass, initial Strouhal estimates based on those averages and cross-species comparisons, the Lund wind tunnel study of birds flying at a range of speeds, and revised Strouhal numbers based on that study all lead me to estimate that the average cruising airspeed velocity of an unladen European Swallow is roughly 11 meters per second, or 24 miles an hour."


Please PM me your mailing addresses and names and I will get them out right away!

Thanks for playing!!!!


Brian

 

Cool!

 

dang always too late on these things. lol. did my homework and everything

 

PM Sent... Thanks for the contest and the consolation prize.

 

Great contest! Thanks!

 

nice. i ended up reading almost the whole article on pythons before i realized i had the wrong one

 

Boa Constrictor

Oh, I'm being eaten
By a boa constrictor,
A boa constrictor,
A boa constrictor,
I'm being eaten by a boa constrictor,
And I don't like it--one bit.
Well, what do you know?
It's nibblin' my toe.
Oh, gee,
It's up to my knee.
Oh my,
It's up to my thigh.
Oh, fiddle,
It's up to my middle.
Oh, heck,
It's up to my neck.
Oh, dread,
It's upmmmmmmmmmmffffffffff . . .

by Shel Silverstein

:smile

 

Sheeesh, Now if I had been asked the airspeed of a heavily laden Europeon swallow I would have aced it.

 

what would that be? too fat to fly? lol

 

Not bad, I was only 86mph off...LOL

 

Well I was going to ask if it was holding a coconut? Then of course I would need to know the size of the coconut and perhaps ... Then saw the unladen part.. I know the speed of the African with a coconut.. But.. Dang!

 

Sweet! Thanks for the contest.