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Old 9th Jun 2011, 22:34
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Pitch is just that! Whether you pitch the aircraft nose up or down from a datum point which doesnt have to be the horizontal plain ie you could pitch from a vertical dive etc.

Attitude looks at all the other directions of rotation in total.

Ie an aircraft pitching up while rolling wing down or yawed would be in an attitude.

So we describe unusual attitude etc.

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