So...about that plane on the treadmill...

"Richard Riley" wrote in message
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On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 16:38:30 -0500, "mike regish"
wrote:

Come on. You can't be serious.

mike

"Richard Riley" wrote in message
.. .

And, just to keep it on topic, the only planes that could take off
from a treadmill are the Osprey and the Harrier.

Unless you have a treadmill that's a few hundred to several thousand
feet long, yes.

Yes we do--according the the original problem statement, the treadmill is as
long and wide as the runway ordinarily used by the aircraft. Further,
despite attempts at humor by me and others, no unusual obstacles were added
to the end of the magic moving runway; nor was any anomaly present in the
atmosphere relative to the surrounding terrain and/or the aircraft.
Therefore, the giant magic treadmill was the ONLY anomaly on the magic
airport--and it was trivial since the wheels did not propel the aircraft.

Peter