Consider a light, single-engine, propeller-driven airplane similar to a Cessna Skylanc. The airplane weight is 2950 lb and the wing reference area is
a. For a steady level flight at sea level, where the ambient atmospheric density is
b. Make some observations about the variation of these quantities with velocity.
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