Lavitate, earth rotation and travel?

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If I could levitate above the earth and given that the earth rotates once every 24 hours. Would I be on the other side of the planet in 12 hours. Why?
 
Only if you levitate to an altitude which is outside of the atmosphere, slow yourself down so that you are at rest relative to the center of Earth, remain at this altitude via your levitation force, and still breath while doing so.

The entire atmosphere is nearly stationary relative to the ground. The exception is that there are prevailing winds. These prevailing winds typically travel west to east relative to the ground, same direction as the ground travels relative to the Earth's center.

If you were able to levitate and remain stationary relative to winds, it would likely take you an entire week to make it to the other side of the planet.
 
Well, there are two problems with your idea.

Let's say you are on the equator, which is moving at 1,000 miles an hour. That means that you too are moving that fast. When you levitate, that will not change this speed, so you would continue, more or less at the same speed as the ground below you.

Also, the air around you is ALSO moving at that speed, and would, well, encourage you to maintain that speed. So even if you were able to change your speed, you would have a VERY strong wind against you.
 
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