Why do helicopters not move when stationary?

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Why when the earth is rotating beneath them it stays in the same place?

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Think of the atmosphere (air) as a fluid (scientific definition is a gas or liquid). The heli is in that fluid and moves with it. Imagine how it would look underwater (a denser fluid). Same thing.

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