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Originally posted by Mobycat:
Look, are we all in agreement that on the aircraft carrier, it would not take off?....
You cannot agree on anything about the Aircraft carrier scenario.

It is INVALID. It does not have anything holding the plane back yet it states the plane does not move.

That ridiculous scenario has done nothing but confuse the issue further.

Read above and please come to terms with the correct answer.

Bottom line:

Jet engines push (F = ma ==> a =F/m)

Wheels roll, and don't push back.