Title: Describe the three axes of an aircraft.
Course: Aircraft Pilot Training I (20053-I) > Section: Examining the Forces that Act on Aircraft

Description should include the following:

- The axes of an aircraft are three imaginary lines that pass through an aircraft’s CG at 90° angles to each other.
- The longitudinal axis passes through the CG parallel to a line from nose to tail.
- The lateral axis passes parallel to a line from wingtip to wingtip.
- The vertical axis passes through the CG at right angles to the other two axes.

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