#270979 - 29/11/200518:52Re: Will the plane fly?
[Re: JeffS]
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Quote: Right, but if the airplane isn't moving and the molecules aren't moving, then the plane isn't moving
I never said the airplane wasn't moving. I just said the conveyor belt was irrelevant to the moving of the airplane because the plane's thrust doesn't act on the ground, it acts on the air. That's the bit that I didn't make clear in my earlier posts.