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  • Lateral Axis — an axis running from the pilot's left to right in piloted aircraft, and parallel to the wings of a winged aircraft

  • Longitudinal Axis — an axis drawn through the body of the vehicle from tail to nose in the normal direction of flight, or the direction the pilot faces

  • Transverse axis — another term for the Lateral Axis

  • Vertical Axis — an axis drawn from top to bottom, and perpendicular to the other two axes



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