Plane on conveyor... Will it ever take off?

[Adeptus_Minor]

Originally Posted by Lucky3623

If the belt and was moving at the exact same speed as the plane, how was the plane able to move forward? If I run at 10 mph on a treadmil that is going 10mph, I don't move forward, I stay stationary... If I speed up my pace to 11 mph while the treadmil is still at the orig 10 mph, I move forward on the belt, if I slow my pace to 9 mph, I fall off the back...

Read back a bit.
The movement of the plane has nothing to do with anything touching the conveyor. The thrust from the jet engines will push it forward while the wheels spin free.
We're sort of pre-wired to think only in terms of movement based on pushing against the ground... that's not how planes operate.