Once and for f*cking all....

[Erick]

Let's see what Mythbusters finally has to say about the subject:

Dec 13, 1:00 am

(60 minutes) MythBusters
Air Plane Hour
TV-PG

Jamie and Adam take wing to test if a person with no flight training can safely land an airplane and if a plane can take off from a conveyor belt speeding in the opposite direction. Tory, Grant, and Kari jump on some Hollywood-inspired skydiving myths.

- Erick

[Jand3rson]

I FUCKING KNEW they would do it eventually. I'll bet they get 12,000 emails per day begging them to do this.

I know, I was one of them.

[jms16v]

tuning in @ 1:00

[Hick]

No

[Erick]

No

Agreed.

[wayfast]

umm.. this was just on at 9 and they didn't do it

[Erick]

Wtf?!

[bolognablake]

I'm surprised they're doing it since it's generally regarded as just a joke.

Daniel Bernoulli wouldn't be happy with us.

[GarrettM]

I don't get it. Whats the big deal?

[devonjordan]

umm.. this was just on at 9 and they didn't do it

Link or ban, or I can watch it @ ten here...

[Erick]

I don't get it. Whats the big deal?

Ah, you're still young in this board. I'd tell you to search, but you'd have to spare at least 3-4 hours of your life to catch up with it.

[wayfast]

Link or ban, or I can watch it @ ten here...

http://community.discovery.com/eve/f...6/m/5841963149

[fwappy]

How the hell could the plane possibly take off without lift? Why would they need to actually do it to prove it? Any moron knows you can't do that.

[808BMW]

As I said in our original discussion the first time: Nope! :P

[NC325iC]

seriously if the plane is stationary wrt the ground ie no air moving over the wings it will not take off, impossible, if that happened all youd have to do to fly is ride your bike on a treadmill