Meriam, Kraige & Bolton — Kinematics of Particles: Problem 2_60

2/60 The pilot of an airplane carrying a package of mail to a remote outpost wishes to release the package at the right moment to hit the recovery location A. What angle \(\theta\) with the horizontal should the pilot’s line of sight to the target make at the instant of release? The airplane is flying horizontally at an altitude of 100 m with a velocity of 200 km/h.