[FabHK]

Rotation around the

- longitudinal axis: roll, controlled by ailerons.

- vertical axis: yaw, controlled by rudder.

- lateral axis (through the wings): pitch, controlled by elevators.

[sangnoir]

Thanks - those are correct terms for aircraft in flight, that don't apply to out-of-control vehicles on the ground. An airplane that loses traction and rotates about it's vertical axis is spinning, not yawing.