This famous question has been asked countless times, and has sent many men to their doom, but the answer has, for the most part, remained hidden. This question is, of course:
What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
Finally, the answer has been revealed, and there will be much rejoicing.
You're a bit late on this, Jeff, Ian had the article back on November 19th. :-P
http://www.rit.edu/~itc0730/blog/archives/000074.html
Unfortunately I was unaware that his blog existed. If I had that information, I would likely have had the privelege of laughing at that time of his posting. :)