A Plane On a Conveyor Belt

Last night, we watched Mythbusters tackle a pervasive online "debate" -- whether a plane moving on a conveyro belt (that is going the same speed but in the opposite direction) could take off...or whether it would be held in motion and bound to the ground.

I'd read about this on kottke.org, among other places and it was quite fun to watch them make it happen. Check out below the fold for the results, courtesy of kottke.org once again.

In order to not spoil the ending, I'm putting it below the fold.