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Why don't hovercrafts move West relative to the Earth [duplicate]
Suppose that there is a hovercraft floating a few centimetres above the Earth's surface. As it is disconnected from the Earth, which is spinning from West to East, shouldn't it appear to move East to ...
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Does a helicopter that simply hovers remain in the same spot on earth? [duplicate]
Ignoring statistical variation in wind, will a helicopter that only applies force perpendicular to a perfectly sphere earth remain in the exact same spot relative to the earth?
I am arguing with ...
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Earth's rotation and a helicopter [duplicate]
Imagine a helicopter that took off from point A on the ground and goes vertically in the air to a certain fixed point B in the atmospheric area at a certain fixed altitude with enough fuel to stay ...
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Does aeroplane moving against Earth's rotation cause relative wind (assuming otherwise a quiet weather outside)?
Although, I know some answers, I need more affirmative and accurate answers.
Why is the journey time from London to Singapore less compared to Singapore to London? Is it because of Earth's rotation ...
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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 ...
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Faster alternative to travel to any location in the west? [closed]
Suppose one needs to travel to Somalia from Indonesia(which are approximately at a distance of $4000$ miles from each other on the line of equator). To accomplish this task, I suggest the following ...
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