# Plane on a treadmill roundup

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-on-a-treadmill-roundup/446408>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [April 22, 2008, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-on-a-treadmill-roundup/446408 "2008-04-22T15:43:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-on-a-treadmill-roundup/446408/1 "2008-04-22T15:43:53Z")

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[Plane on a treadmill column](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/060203.html)

Comments:  
[Speaking of treadmills, read this.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=357311)  
[Plane on a Treadmill, redux](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=361338)  
[A formulation of the airplane/conveyor belt problem that “works”?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=363904)  
[Planes with “0” airspeed can fly?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=373453)  
[Flight and the Conveyor Belt](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=357014)  
[Conveyor belt?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=396863)  
[Plane on a Treadmill - SOLUTION](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=361386)  
[Airplane taxiing](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=409570)  
[The Airplane and the Treadmill](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=423394)  
[error in the “will the plane take off”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=432720)  
[RE: A plane is standing on a runway. . ." No, it’s not. Here’s why.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=445235)  
Mythbusters – Plane on a treadmill  
[Mythbusters – Airplane on a treadmill!!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=451808)  
[Mythbusters 1/30/08 Plane on a conveyor belt](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=453505)  
[Plane on a treadmill](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=453705)  
[Mythbuster PoaT episode (open spoilers in OP)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=454615)  
[Plane on a Conveyor – Revisited](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=464976)

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-on-a-treadmill-roundup/446408/2 "2008-09-06T20:16:35Z")

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[Plane on a treadmill](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=482079)

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**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-on-a-treadmill-roundup/446408/3 "2008-09-09T07:39:00Z")

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> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> [Plane on a treadmill](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=482079)

Band name!

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-on-a-treadmill-roundup/446408/4 "2010-03-04T04:37:06Z")

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I didn’t think this list would grow any longer, but I’ve added the latest.

[Plane on a treadmill column](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/060203.html)

Comments:  
[Speaking of treadmills, read this.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=357311)  
[Plane on a Treadmill, redux](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=361338)  
[A formulation of the airplane/conveyor belt problem that “works”?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=363904)  
[Planes with “0” airspeed can fly?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=373453)  
[Flight and the Conveyor Belt](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=357014)  
[Conveyor belt?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=396863)  
[Plane on a Treadmill - SOLUTION](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=361386)  
[Airplane taxiing](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=409570)  
[The Airplane and the Treadmill](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=423394)  
[error in the “will the plane take off”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=432720)  
[RE: A plane is standing on a runway. . ." No, it’s not. Here’s why.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=445235)  
Mythbusters – Plane on a treadmill  
[Mythbusters – Airplane on a treadmill!!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=451808)  
[Mythbusters 1/30/08 Plane on a conveyor belt](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=453505)  
[Plane on a treadmill](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=453705)  
[Mythbuster PoaT episode (open spoilers in OP)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=454615)  
[Plane on a Conveyor – Revisited](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=464976)  
[Plane on a treadmill](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=482079)  
[Plane on a Conveyor Belt](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=554532)

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**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-on-a-treadmill-roundup/446408/5 "2010-03-04T05:26:56Z")

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\<moderator note\>

Any comments on the column, please start another thread. Let’s leave this one as a compendium of said threads, not a place to argue about it.

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**Author:** ![PetW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@PetW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PetW)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-on-a-treadmill-roundup/446408/6 "2010-07-31T21:56:33Z")

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[RE: “A plane is standing on a runway…” No it’s not. Here’s why. (discussion of BR#2)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=572943)
