Originally posted by XPLORx4:
So, if an aircraft on a treadmill cannot achieve its take-off speed before a tire fails, it will most definitely [b]NOT take off, and will instead look a lot like [url= http://"http://www.metacafe.com/watch/407616/richard_hammonds_crash/"]this dragster piloted by Richard Hammond[/url]. But if by chance the tire does not explode before the plane achieves take-off speed, then it will fly.[/b]