An aircraft flies 3 hrs east then 2 hrs north at 300 knots at an altitude of 3 nmi, starting at 40° north latitude. (a) Find its position using the flat-Earth dead-reckoning equations. Ans. x = 900 nmi, y = 600 nmi. (b) Find the final latitude-longitude using spherical-Earth equations with the Gaussian radius of curvature. Ans. & = 49.98°, al = 19.54°.

An aircraft flies 3 hrs east then 2 hrs north at 300 knots at an altitude of 3 nmi, starting at 40° north latitude. (a) Find its position using the flat-Earth dead-reckoning equations. Ans. x = 900 nmi, y = 600 nmi. (b) Find the final latitude-longitude using spherical-Earth equations with the Gaussian radius of curvature. Ans. & = 49.98°, al = 19.54°.

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