1a) You are confusing the perception of some other thing moving, with a perception of yourself moving. If you are in an airplane cabin at altitude and a constant speed, it is no different than sitting on the runway. Not my opinion. It is a fact of human physiology.
1b) I am an aerodynamicist by training and you are simply ignorant. The air is a viscous medium and will have a boundary layer characterized by zero slip velocity at the surface of contact (the Earth's surface). Since long eons ago, the atmosphere has come to equilibrium with the rotating Earth (i.e., the Earth is not accelerating up or down to cause the atmosphere to have a different velocity). Thus, the air is fixed to the Earth by friction and maintains the same rotational velocity with latitude. This is the easier if it is a "thin" layer.
1c) So true, you have no answer---you just blow it off with a puff of bravado. Read all about it in any book on orbital mechanics. Why do you suppose the Europeans like to launch their Ariane vehicles from French Guiana? Because they are getting the maximum advantage of the Earth's rotational speed by being close to the equator (5 deg N). The Sea Launch program, which I once supported, launched its vehicles exactly from the equator. You are playing the moron by getting in over your head.
The North Star does not appear to move because it is very close to the direction of the axis of the Earth (but it is not precisely on the axis, so the movement can actually be measured). Due to axial precession, other stars have occupied the "pole star" position in ages past. Good try. It only proves there is a rotational axis. (There is a similar position over the south pole, but no visible star close enough to call the South Star.)
We can follow a slightly-elliptical orbit around the Sun because the position of the pole star depends only on where the Earth's axis is pointing. The stars are so far away, we don't notice any effect of the size of the Earth's orbit. Polaris (the pole star) is something like 400 light-years away. The Sun is about 500 light-seconds away. That's a factor of 31.5 million difference. But you knew that, right?
Ever seen the full Moon? That's when the Sun and the Moon are OPPOSITE each other with respect to the Earth. The Sun is at the noon meridian while the Moon is at the midnight meridian. Yet, there are people who are on one side of the Earth who can see the Moon but not the Sun, and people who are on the other side of the Earth who cannot see the Moon but see the Sun. This can only happen if the Earth has opposite sides. The Earth rotates in 24 hours, but the Moon revolves around the Earth in 30 days. This is why we get phases of the Moon over 30 days, but the Moon always seems to go around the Earth each day. It goes on and on. Something a fifth-grader could learn. But apparently, not you.
Too bad you are leaving. I think there is a lot of education I could give you.
1a) You are confusing the perception of some other thing moving, with a perception of yourself moving. If you are in an airplane cabin at altitude and a constant speed, it is no different than sitting on the runway. Not my opinion. It is a fact of human physiology.
1b) I am an aerodynamicist by training and you are simply ignorant. The air is a viscous medium and will have a boundary layer characterized by zero slip velocity at the surface of contact (the Earth's surface). Since long eons ago, the atmosphere has come to equilibrium with the rotating Earth (i.e., the Earth is not accelerating up or down to cause the atmosphere to have a different velocity). Thus, the air is fixed to the Earth by friction and maintains the same rotational velocity with latitude. This is the easier if it is a "thin" layer.
1c) So true, you have no answer---you just blow it off with a puff of bravado. Read all about it in any book on orbital mechanics. Why do you suppose the Europeans like to launch their Ariane vehicles from French Guiana? Because they are getting the maximum advantage of the Earth's rotational speed by being close to the equator (5 deg N). The Sea Launch program, which I once supported, launched its vehicles exactly from the equator. You are playing the moron by getting in over your head.
The North Star does not appear to move because it is very close to the direction of the axis of the Earth (but it is not precisely on the axis, so the movement can actually be measured). Due to axial precession, other stars have occupied the "pole star" position in ages past. Good try. It only proves there is a rotational axis. (There is a similar position over the south pole, but no visible star close enough to call the South Star.)
We can follow a slightly-elliptical orbit around the Sun because the position of the pole star depends only on where the Earth's axis is pointing. The stars are so far away, we don't notice any effect of the size of the Earth's orbit. Polaris (the pole star) is something like 400 light-years away. The Sun is about 500 light-seconds away. That's a factor of 31.5 million difference. But you knew that, right?
Ever seen the full Moon? That's when the Sun and the Moon are OPPOSITE each other with respect to the Earth. The Sun is at the noon meridian while the Moon is at the midnight meridian. Yet, there are people who are on one side of the Earth who can see the Moon but not the Sun, and people who are on the other side of the Earth who cannot see the Moon but see the Sun. This can only happen if the Earth has opposite sides. The Earth rotates in 24 hours, but the Moon revolves around the Earth in 30 days. This is why we get phases of the Moon over 30 days, but the Moon always seems to go around the Earth each day. It goes on and on. Something a fifth-grader could learn. But apparently, not you.
Too bad you are leaving. I think there is a lot of education I could give you.