Will it fly?

[Ginger]

It won't fly. If the tradmill can offset the forward thrust it will never have forward motion. No forward motion means no lift. End of story.

That's the thing, there's no offset occuring. The treadmill doesn't offset actions of the plane.

And Lee, the principal difference b/w a plane and an Corvette.. is that the plane is driven by thrusters attached to the body pushing air. A corvette is driven by wheels pushing against the ground. Think about how that will effect motion.

Haven't you guys ever seen the Bond movie with the jets attached to the ice-racer?