You don't see why its an important distinction?

[Freak]

The plane's SPEED is not related to its tires rotation.

The speed of the conveyor's BELT is the speed of the plane, right?

The speed of the plane is NOT the speed of the plane along the conveyor BELT, its the speed of the PLANE.

The plane's speed is NOT the speed of its tire rotation, like on an Xterra's SPEEDOMETER.

Otherwise, my speedometer would say I was going zero mph when I'm stick in the snow and floored, and the tires spinning at 30 mph.

A Plane is NOT an Xterra.

The IMPORTANT facts are that the BELT speed matches the PLANE'S speed...

AND

That the PLANE'S speed is relative TO THE GROUND, NOT to the spinning belt.

Again...if your speedometer says you are going 50 mph while stuck in a ditch...will you REALLY be 50 miles away an hour later?

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2001 Xterra '03 VG33, SE 5 spd, 305/70/16's, Revolvers, UBSkidderz, Doubled AAL's, 3"SL/2"BL, winch/bumpers, skids, sliders, OBA, Snorkel, pine stripes....

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