This is inaccurate. In addition to employing tail elevators to control pitch and wing ailerons for roll, airplane pilots utilize foot rudders to control yaw on the normal axis. This is necessary for both inline flight adjustment and to compensate for the reduced lift vector and increased aileron drag forces while turning. All planes can roll without changing direction by using a combination of input controls; the counterexample of turning without rolling is as simple as applying left stick in coordination with right rudder to counteract the roll.
Coordinated flight requires simultaneous adjustments across all three axes. Learning to visualize, plan and control your movement in arcs across all three dimensions is one of the greater pleasures of flying -- go watch some aerobatics shows, or even try out a free starter lesson in a local gliding club to experience this pleasure firsthand.
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Yes. All three degrees of freedom are independently controllable. For visualization: how else would it be possible to fly straight in a crosswind?
This is inaccurate. In addition to employing tail elevators to control pitch and wing ailerons for roll, airplane pilots utilize foot rudders to control yaw on the normal axis. This is necessary for both inline flight adjustment and to compensate for the reduced lift vector and increased aileron drag forces while turning. All planes can roll without changing direction by using a combination of input controls; the counterexample of turning without rolling is as simple as applying left stick in coordination with right rudder to counteract the roll.
Coordinated flight requires simultaneous adjustments across all three axes. Learning to visualize, plan and control your movement in arcs across all three dimensions is one of the greater pleasures of flying -- go watch some aerobatics shows, or even try out a free starter lesson in a local gliding club to experience this pleasure firsthand.