English Language and Literature homework help. A small turbo-prop commuter airplane, starting from rest on a Tallahassee airport runway, accelerates for 21.0 s before taking off. Its speed at takeoff is 56.0 m/s (125 mi/hr). Calculate the acceleration of the plane, assuming it remains constant. Express your answer in g’s. (i.e., divide the acceleration in m/s2 by 9.81).