RE: MythBusters Airplane Takeoff Myth
Not possible. I'm sorry but if you watch the mythbusters episode, the plane IS MOVING forward according to the groundspeed... you can see easily that the "treadmills" not matching the planes speed.... why don't think try tying to big ropes to the wing tips and tying them to two trees... try and get that "treadmill" going and throttle up so the plane would actually "stay still" it would never take off. no air going over the wings NO LIFT.. it won't fly... very skewed and wrongly done experiment