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Originally posted by NY Madman:


Let me ask you this question.... Does a person sitting on the wing of that plane feel the wind? If the conveyor is moving 200MPH in one direction and the plane's engines are throttled down and it's instruments say it is traveling at 200MPH in the other direction -- does a person sitting on the wing of that plane feel that wind?
The plane's instruments would not indicate any speed at all if it was throttled down (no power) and the plane was stationairy. If the plane was throttled up (powered) then the plane would move forward (relative to the ground, not the conveyor) and the "wing passenger" would feel wind.