Why when the earth is rotating beneath them it stays in the same place?
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The rotation includes the atmosphere above it (just like it includes water on its surface), and the helicopter is moved along with the atmosphere it’s hovering in. If the atmosphere were not moving along with the earth, we’d face 1,000 mph winds at the equator (and winds of hundreds of miles per hour almost everywhere else, at least everywhere where there is significant populations).
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