Questions for "Axes of an Airplane"
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1. Name the three axes.
2. What is the name of the axis that an airplane rolls around?
3. If the pilot moves the elevators, what movement will occur, and around what axis will it occur?
4. Which axis has two names?
5. Which axis joins the tips of the wings?
6. All three axis pass through what place?