Heading straight toward the summit of Pikes Peak, an airplane of mass 12000 kg flies over the plains of Kansas at nearly constant altitude 4.30 km with constant velocity 175 m/s west.
a. What is the airplane's vector angular momentum relative to a wheat farmer on the ground directly below the airplane?
b. Does this value change as the airplane continues its motion along a straight line?
c. What is its angular momentum relative to the summit of Pikes Peak?