Originally Posted by clearedtoland

That is a nice explaination...unfortunately the airplane will not take off. The way the question is posed, the airplane has no relative movment over the ground...ie, it stays in one location, therefore no air flow over the wings. If, however, the airplane had relative wind over the wings, it will lift off the ground, regardless of thrust. A source of thrust and/or any other source of airflow, is needed to overcome the drag, thus keeping the airplane in the air, (along with other factors of course).