[ad] From this thread: "A plane is standing on a runway that can move . Kevtastic said, "You immediately violate the rules of the question and the experiment if, at any time, the wheels move at a different speed than the treadmill, which ... http://www.atthismoment.net/airplane-t...

e at a different speed than the treadmill, which is the only way the airplane could gain relative air speed and lift." It should be obvious that if the plane moves faster than the tread mill, it will run off the mill and roll onto solid tarmac, proba... http://articles.top501.nu/2008/09/08/t...