Question: Unlike a ship, an airplane does not use its rudder to turn. It turns by banking its wings: The lift force, perpendicular to the wings,

Unlike a ship, an airplane does not use its rudder to turn. It turns by banking its wings: The lift force, perpendicular to the wings, has a horizontal component, which provides the centripetal acceleration for the turn, and a vertical component, which supports the plane's weight. (The rudder counteracts yaw and thus it keeps the plane pointed in the direction it is moving.) A famous spy plane the SR-71 Blackbird, flying at 4800.km/h, had a turning radius of 290.km. Find its banking angle.

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