If the wind is blowing from the east at 47 km/h and an airplane is on a heading of 155° with an airspeed of 840 km/h find the ground velocity of the airplane and the direction of flight.  Draw the vector diagram (tail-to-tail) on the two-dimensional grid to illustrate this situation.

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If the wind is blowing from the east at 47 km/h and an airplane is on a heading of 155° with an airspeed of 840 km/h find the ground velocity of the airplane and the direction of flight. 
Draw the vector diagram (tail-to-tail) on the two-dimensional grid to illustrate this situation.

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