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Originally posted by InfX708:
You "it will take off" people are assuming that the aircraft is moving forward relative to a fixed observer. Since no such observer is mention in the question, I assume the forward speed of the aircraft is from the view of someone on the belt of the treadmill. This person is stationary from their point of view, but the aircraft is moving. When the pilot looks at the belt of the treadmill he sees that he is moving, but if he observed a relatively fixed point, he would see that he is not moving. Now, we know air is a fluid and thus tends to stick to things, so there will be a small amount of air flowing over the wings, but not enough to generate the lift needed. Based on your theory, an aircraft could never land facing east because the earth is spinning too fast.
Face it, it's a flawed question.
No. The people that say it takes off understand that an airplane moves due to engines pushing air, NOT wheels being forced to turn. Relative location of the observer doesn't matter.