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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.
The discussion also arises when questioning how 2 halves of a coconut ended up in Europe, with the proposition that a swallow carried a coconut from the tropics. This discussion can be found in the video below. With the background out of the way, letâs calculate what the airspeed of an unladen swallow is. First, we need to determine which birds to examine as best fits for those discussed in the movie. There is, in fact, a European swallow, but there is no swallow specifically named the African Swallow.