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[Chris M]

Originally Posted by mustard23

yeah i was shocked about that also.. planes get lift from the air moveing over the wings... not ground speed.

now what they need to do is plane in a wind tunnle... and why we are at snakes on a plane..

Right. Ground speed is irrelevant. Planes require AIR speed. The ground under the plane has absolutely nothing to do with the plane reaching air speed. The ground could be moving in any direction, and it wouldn't matter one bit.