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Gary Gladding
published by the University of llinois Physics Education Research Group
This interactive problem presents an airplane just after liftoff which is traveling at a known airspeed and with a headwind of known velocity. The flight trajectory is also given. The task: figure out the speed of the airplane relative to the ground. The math is not difficult, but the problem is not as easy as it first appears. As with all Illinois PER Examples, the author takes learners through each step of conceptual analysis and strategic problem-solving. This resource is part of a larger collection of interactive problems developed by the Illinois Physics Education Research Group. See Related Materials for a link to the full collection.
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=6392">Gladding, Gary. Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Airplane Landing. Urbana: University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, August 29, 2014.</a>
AIP Format
G. Gladding, (University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, Urbana, 2002), WWW Document, (https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys111/ie/02/ie_plane).
AJP/PRST-PER
G. Gladding, Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Airplane Landing (University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, Urbana, 2002), <https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys111/ie/02/ie_plane>.
APA Format
Gladding, G. (2014, August 29). Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Airplane Landing. Retrieved May 1, 2025, from University of llinois Physics Education Research Group: https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys111/ie/02/ie_plane
Chicago Format
Gladding, Gary. Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Airplane Landing. Urbana: University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, August 29, 2014. https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys111/ie/02/ie_plane (accessed 1 May 2025).
MLA Format
Gladding, Gary. Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Airplane Landing. Urbana: University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, 2002. 29 Aug. 2014. 1 May 2025 <https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys111/ie/02/ie_plane>.
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@misc{
Author = "Gary Gladding",
Title = {Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Airplane Landing},
Publisher = {University of llinois Physics Education Research Group},
Volume = {2025},
Number = {1 May 2025},
Month = {August 29, 2014},
Year = {2002}
}
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%A Gary Gladding %T Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Airplane Landing %D August 29, 2014 %I University of llinois Physics Education Research Group %C Urbana %U https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys111/ie/02/ie_plane %O text/html
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%0 Electronic Source %A Gladding, Gary %D August 29, 2014 %T Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Airplane Landing %I University of llinois Physics Education Research Group %V 2025 %N 1 May 2025 %8 August 29, 2014 %9 text/html %U https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys111/ie/02/ie_plane Disclaimer: ComPADRE offers citation styles as a guide only. We cannot offer interpretations about citations as this is an automated procedure. Please refer to the style manuals in the Citation Source Information area for clarifications.
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