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Originally Posted by Baby Lee
You don't gain momentum in a jet by pushing the pavement below you backward, you push the atmosphere behind you backwards.
Unless that treadmill can manipulate the atmosphere, it's irrelevant.
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The treadmill is not irrelevant. If the speed between the base of the treadmill and the ground is zero, the speed between the wheel hubs and plane is zero, and the speed of the treadmill is equal to the negative speed of the wheels, the speed of the plane must be equal to the speed of the ground.