Thread: The "Plane on a Treadmill" Question
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Old 01-31-2008, 12:18 PM   #2
Flint
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Originally Posted by Flint View Post
Busted. I love how they phrased the question so they could bust it. If the myth had been "the plane can take off" it would have been confirmed.
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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey View Post
Right. "Plane can't take off": Busted. "Plane can take off": Confirmed.
Right. This is usually a question: "Can a plane on a treadmill take off?"
But since they are the mythbusters they phrased it so they could score a "bust."

Also (separate point here) they phrased the scenario to specify "ground speed."
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