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Old 01-28-2008, 04:39 PM   #65
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I was assuming that the plane would be stationary on the treadmill similar to a person running on a treadmill. How would air move over the wings?
Why would you assume that? What would cause the airplane to remain stationary? Like Bobblehead says, the engine causes the plane to move by throwing air backwards, not by acting on the treadmill somehow.
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