Kathryn Booth's Key Ideas from 8000 Amazing Things You Should Know
by Miles Kelly

Not going to pull your leg here, but a plane is controlled in the air by moving hinged flaps on its wings and tail.

1. Changing Pitch - Plane goes nose-up or nose-down to dive or climb.

2. Rolling - Plane rolls to one side, dipping one wing or the other.

3. Yawing - Plane steers to the left or right like a car.

4. Pitch - Controlled by raising or lowering hinged flaps on the rear wings called elevators.

5. To Pitch Up - in a small/simple Plane, the pilot pulls back on the control column to raise the elevators.

6. Rolling - Controlled by large hinged flaps on the wings called ailerons.