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Originally posted by NY Madman:
.........you are making premature assumptions of which you may be wrong or may be right. But for some reason you are refusing to explore that possibility.
Let's agree on what assumptions are sensible then. All of the assumptions below apply to virtually all aircraft.

Plane is powered by engines that push air (props or jets)
Plane's speed is measured by a windspeed meter as well as GPS
Plane's wheels spin freely
Wheel friction is negligible when compared to thrust
Newtonian physics apply

If all of the above assumption are true, the plane takes off normally with just a little extra wheelspin.