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Old 18th Apr 2024, 08:14
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Originally Posted by DaveReidUK
Yes, fair point.

Kermode also acknowledged the ambiguity in his classic "Mechanics of Flight":

For the angle between the wing chord and horizon just use Pitch. It seems to me that in the US angle of incidence and angle of attack are both used to indicate angle between chord line and airflow.
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