Researchers doing satellite tracking of albatrosses in the Southern Ocean observe a bird maintaining sustained flight speeds of 35 m/s- nearly 80 mph!!  This seems surprisingly fast until you realize that the particular bird was flying with the wind, which was moving 23 m/s. What is the bird’s airspeed- its speed relative to the air?

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Researchers doing satellite tracking of albatrosses in the Southern Ocean observe a bird maintaining sustained flight speeds of 35 m/s- nearly 80 mph!!  This seems surprisingly fast until you realize that the particular bird was flying with the wind, which was moving 23 m/s. What is the bird’s airspeed- its speed relative to the air?

 

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