It has come to our attention that a few people out there are a little confused as to why flying against the rotation of the Earth does not speed up flight times. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

In a post , admittedly by someone who denies that the Earth is spinning, a confused person writes:

"Plane flying from east to west at 300 mph... The Earth rotates from west towards east at 1,400 mph under the plane... How does the plane not reach its destination 1,400 mph faster? Nor is the return trip longer or shorter. How? Answer: The Earth is not spinning."

This is, to be completely fair to the flat Earth group that wrote it, a hot mess of a post that assumes a lot of incorrect things about physics.

For a start, imagin

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