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Originally Posted by PeterPanPan

This really jarred with me too. I have re-read it many times and I still don't get it. Surely if the plane's speed over the ground is 'x' and the runway is moving at 'minus x', the aircraft's position is stationary. If so, how can there be any airflow over the wing. Surely the aircraft cannot fly?

Can someone please explain to me why I am wrong?

Well, the propeller drags the plane forward and pushes air along the plane and that's why it lifts right? Anyone who have flown a RC airplane should know this at least.

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This was a very much discussed topic a couple of years ago at the UBI forums.


Mythbusters addressed it too:

http://www.google.se/#q=mythbusters+...bf0d08cabcd111



The wheels have no drive! They will freely roll if the prop pulls the aircraft through the air, no matter what direction the ground is moving.

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