This particular question has been the subject of a hot debate over on another forum (well, several really). I want to know how you brainiacs feel about it?

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the teacher threw this one at the class today:

Imagine a plane is sat on the beginning of a massive conveyor belt/travelator type arrangement, as wide and as long as a runway, and intends to take off. The conveyer belt is designed to exactly match the speed of the wheels at any given time, moving in the opposite direction of rotation.
There is no wind.
Can the plane take off?