In article ,
Mike Marron wrote:

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:
"Mike Marron" wrote:

Er um, you misspelled "altitude."

Nope. "Attitude" is used by pilots to describe the orientation of an
aircraft's axes relative to a reference line, normally the horizon.

Since you ain't a pilot, you regurgitated that one by rote, huh?

Whether he is a pilot or not makes no difference; "attitude"
was what was meant, "altitude" was not:

The Me-262 wasn't going to be supersonic (in one piece, at
least) in level flight or heading straight down, or any other
attitude.