Editing Flight control surfaces (section)

===Transverse axis===
The ''transverse axis'', also known as ''lateral axis'',<ref name=MISB>{{cite web|title=MISB Standard 0601|url=http://www.gwg.nga.mil/misb//docs/standards/ST0601.8.pdf|publisher=Motion Imagery Standards Board (MISB)|access-date=1 May 2015|archive-date=24 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324002900/http://www.gwg.nga.mil/misb//docs/standards/ST0601.8.pdf|url-status=dead}} Also at [[:File:MISB Standard 0601.pdf]].</ref> passes through an aircraft from wingtip to wingtip. Rotation about this axis is called ''pitch''. Pitch changes the vertical direction that the aircraft's nose is pointing. The [[Elevator (aeronautics)|elevators]] are the primary control surfaces for pitch.