Question

as earth rotates about it’s axis, it takes three hours for the united states to pass beneath a point above earth that is stationary relative to the sun. What is wrong with the following scheme? to travel from washington, D.C. to san francisco shoving very little fuel, simply ascend in a helicopter high over washington, D.C. and wait three hours until san francisco passes below

Answer 1

interesting question.

how much fuel to hover over one place ?

The Foucault pendulum is a v v v long pendulum which can show the eart's rotation over time if the pend bob motion is tracked and recorded