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Originally Posted by llama64
Aside from the awesome reference to Dr. Brown, what you described is exactly the point. As the "myth" is described, the plane would move forward and would take off. There is nothing in the description that would ever cause it to remain stationary. Which is why I'm wondering what would make you think it would stay in one spot.
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Not at all, a plane on a conveyer belt moving at sufficient speed and with wheels that could withstand the forces acting on it will remain stationary. The myth as described and then executed by these guys totally misses the spirit of the myth in my opinion. The point is that it's not the distance covered that allows a plane to takeoff but the air moving over the wings. The way it was executed, the wings were moving faster, relative to the air than the plane was moving relative to the ground, therefore it took off. I think spirit of the myth is partly in reducing runway length, etc. This way just takes longer but you still take off.