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EDIT... EARTH SPINNING ABOUT 1000 MPH... STILL SAME PROBLEMS JUST NOT AS BAD

And then it adds 500 to 600 mph at that altitude? So with the rotation of the earth its going 2200 mph then adds 600 mph approximately and maintains that speed to go faster then the earth which is 30k feet below it is on a much larger sphere at 30k up? So jets at 30k are actually going 2800 mph to go faster then the spinning earth and when they go opposite direction of the spin? What is going on with that?

EDIT... EARTH SPINNING ABOUT 1000 MPH... STILL SAME PROBLEMS JUST NOT AS BAD And then it adds 500 to 600 mph at that altitude? So with the rotation of the earth its going 2200 mph then adds 600 mph approximately and maintains that speed to go faster then the earth which is 30k feet below it is on a much larger sphere at 30k up? So jets at 30k are actually going 2800 mph to go faster then the spinning earth and when they go opposite direction of the spin? What is going on with that?

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So 30k in the air thr air is moving faster the. The surface of the earth? It has to be it is 30k feet off the ground it is a bigger ball so to speak... u are saying almost like magic as the air gets less dense the higher up it is some how moving at the same rotation of the earth and is carrying the airplane along as well?

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Have you ever spun a ball? The center of the ball is rotating more slowly than the outside. The way the ball achieves it, the atmosphere does.

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So u think air 30k feet up with very little oxygen or anything some how is going the same speed? No has to be going faster to stay the exact same speed as the ground like the particles 30k feet up are some how attached to the earth and going the same speed?

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Lots of answers (do a search for why the atmosphere rotates). Basic answer, like with a fluid, there's friction with the lower layers. The upper layers aren't isolated from the lower ones.

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"Magic" is what they believe in to make it all work, the hell with common sense.

Keep researching.

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Two words: inertia

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Inertia transfers up 30k feet and keeps it going for a 12 hour flight? It just goes and goes

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Yes.