Thread: Can a Plane on a Treadmill Take Off?
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Old February 7th 06, 12:10 PM posted to rec.aviation.student,rec.aviation.piloting
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Default Can a Plane on a Treadmill Take Off?
The conveyor is just another stationary road in a different reference frame.

....but an airplane's "reference frame" is ALWAYS the
surrounding/relative air, not the runway beneath it!

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