Here is my .02, it would seem that the plane never
actually moves in respect to the observer no matter how fast the treadmill
moves, the plane will just take off like it is hovering and then slowly
accelerate away?

How about we make life easy for the moment and forget about the
treadmill. The airplane is magnetically suspended over the runway. No
part of the plane is touching the runway at all. It's all done with
electromagnets. (and for the nitpickers, let's ignore linear induction
motor effects).

The (otherwise ordinary) plane is magnetically suspended over the runway
with nothing touching the runway at all. Can the plane take off? How
does it do so?

Jose
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