Creating Weightlessness in an Airplane: Calculating Flight Path Radius

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Homework Statement

An airplane in a wide "outside" loop can create an apparent zero eight inside the aircraft cabin. What must be the radius of curvature of the flight path for an aircraft moving at 749 km/h to create a condition of weightlessness inside the aircraft? Assume the acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s/s. Answer in units of m.

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