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Why dont we account the rotation of the earth in aircrafts? Is it just because of the air or is there more to it? [duplicate]
Today there was a seminar regarding modern air crafts held in my school. At the starting of the lecture, we were asked a question which I found quite intriguing.
"Why does a helicopter or a fixed ...
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How high do you need to be so as to not rotate along with Earth?
So, I saw this meme about some minister commenting that the Earth doesn't rotate, for if it did then planes only need to be in the air and the destination city would come to it. I know this is absurd ...
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Can an object take off from A, do not move (in the air) but land at a different place? [closed]
Can an object take off at a point A on the surface of the Earth and then land after some time only to land at a different place where it initially took off (because in the mean time the Earth has ...
