Jet speeds in FRI and FRII radio sources

Analytical relations between the mean jet speed and the mean jet flux asymmetry and between their variances are derived in the context of a unified scheme. The mean jet speeds of classical double radio sources axe estimated by using the asymmetry of jet-counter-Jet flux densities taken from the 3CRR and B2 samples. For FRI radio sources the mean jet speed is similar to 0.54 +/- 0.03c, while for FRII low-redshift radio galaxies and intermediate-redshift quasars the values found are similar to 0.4c +/- 0.06c and greater than or equal to 0.6c respectively