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Re:Common swifts can stay aloft for up to 10 months by imron on Thursday October 27, 2016 @09:03PM (#12811995)
But what is its unladen air-speed?
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Re:Common swifts can stay aloft for up to 10 months by throwanem on Friday October 28, 2016 @07:10AM (#12814734)
Depends on the species; the white-throated needletail has been clocked doing about 170km/h, which is the fastest yet seen of any bird in level flight. (Peregrines, commonly awarded the "fastest bird" laurel, of course outdo this by far - but only in a power dive, where they get 9.8m/s² for free.)
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Re:Common swifts can stay aloft for up to 10 months by user5994461 on Thursday October 27, 2016 @09:13PM (#12812102)
It's over 9000
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Re:Common swifts can stay aloft for up to 10 months by kjbflsudfb on Thursday October 27, 2016 @09:23PM (#12812185)
What do you mean? African or European swallow?
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