Re: lolmoH

[Qov <qov@direct.ca>]

As a professional pilot, flight instructor, and the person for whom Maltz 
provided this word, I feel quite qualified to explain this word.

The attitude of an airplane is its orientation with respect to the 
horizon.  It is explicitly independent of its angle of attack, direction of 
travel, speed, or whether or not the pilot takes instructions well.

In English we define four basic attitudes: cruise, nose up, nose down, and 
banked.  I have to go to work now, but will explain further when I return.

Altitude is how high the airplane is, the Klingon word is 'Iv, and in 
English you are "at an altitude."

>Attitude when referring to aircraft flight is the angle of attack and
>direction of flight... whether the craft is pointed up or down (also
>referred to as 'pitch') but where pitch is strictly which direction the
>nose is pointing, attitude also takes into account the actual DIRECTION
>of flight.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: SIqar [mailto:SIqar@icqmail.com]
> > Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 07:57
> > To: tlhIngan-Hol@kli.org
> > Subject: RE: lolmoH
> >
> >
> > Is that attitude or altitude?
> >
> > To be in an attitude, (to fly in a attitude) what does that
> > mean, to fly like you have an attitude?
> >
> > or to be 'in' an altitude, is that meant to be 'at' an altitude?
> >
> >
> >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: Quvar valer [mailto:levinius@gmx.de]
> > >Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 8:16 PM
> > >To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
> > >Subject: lolmoH
> > >
> > >lolmoH
> > >(v) maneuver (an aircraft) to be in an attitude [canon: qughmeH Duch
> > vIlolmoH]
> > >[HolQeD v11n2p8] (Added: 11
> > >July 2002)
> > >
> > >Should this canon not be
> > >{qughmeH Duj vIlolmoH}
> > >"I maneuver the aircraft to be at a cruising attitude"
> > >(in order to cruise, I cause the aircraft to be at an attitude)
> > >
> > >instead of *Duch*?
> > >Or is this a new word I haven't heard of??
> > >
> > >Quvar.
> > >
> >