If an airplane of mass m is flying at a constant speed v, the power of the airplane is P=m⋅v⋅g where g is the acceleration of gravity and therefore: F=m⋅g, but, if the velocity is constant, there is no net force as well as no work done. Then how can the magnitude of power be non-zero?
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