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Attitude is the orientation of an aircraft during flight. Normal attitude of an aircraft is wings-level, neutral pitch, and nose pointed in the direction of flight.

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Why are the colors of the MiG-15's attitude indicator inverted?

If you want to build the simpliest possible attitude indicator, you take a gimballed gyro and attach a sphere with horizon line and some kind of metering lineage on it. …
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How do missiles navigate and determine their orientation without GPS?

As per comments, this question is referring to guided weapons such as Stinger (IR guidance). Guided missiles that acquire their target via signal return, such as infrared, radar or laser designation ( …
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Trimming direction on climb out and descent to maintain an airspeed

In level flight portions of traffic pattern you set power, then trim to desired airspeed and if necessary, adjust power a bit to maintain speed and altitude. In descent you again set power, trim for d …
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