# Landing a plane on a treadmill.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/landing-a-plane-on-a-treadmill/556918>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 12, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/landing-a-plane-on-a-treadmill/556918 "2010-10-12T20:38:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/landing-a-plane-on-a-treadmill/556918/21 "2010-10-15T16:19:07Z")

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> [@bonitahi](#):
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> How frequently do the brake pads or discs have to be changed on a commercial daily flying carrier?

Sometimes not often enough. A famous plane passenger once said, “I have had it with these friction-fighting brakes on this Monday-Friday plane!”

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/landing-a-plane-on-a-treadmill/556918/22 "2010-10-15T16:35:41Z")

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What was Brakes on a Plane about, anyway?

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**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/landing-a-plane-on-a-treadmill/556918/23 "2010-10-16T02:41:50Z")

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> [@tdn](#):
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> What was Brakes on a Plane about, anyway?

The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.

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