Tailspin
Encyclopedia

Main Meaning

  • Spin (flight)
    Spin (flight)
    In aviation, a spin is an aggravated stall resulting in autorotation about the spin axis wherein the aircraft follows a corkscrew downward path. Spins can be entered intentionally or unintentionally, from any flight attitude and from practically any airspeed—all that is required is sufficient yaw...

    , a rapid, high-rotation descent of an airplane caused through asymmetric wing stall
  • Loss of direction and stability in life, possibly due to loss of self-control

Movies and TV-Series

  • Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy - US title of the 1989 British television movie Coded Hostile, telling the story of Korean Air Flight 007
    Korean Air Flight 007
    Korean Air Lines Flight 007 was a Korean Air Lines civilian airliner that was shot down by Soviet interceptors on 1 September 1983, over the Sea of Japan, near Moneron Island just west of Sakhalin island...

    , which was shot down by Soviet jet fighters in 1983.
  • TaleSpin
    TaleSpin
    TaleSpin is a half-hour American animated television series based in the fictional city of Cape Suzette, that first aired in 1990 as part of The Disney Afternoon, with characters adapted from Disney's 1967 animated feature The Jungle Book. The name of the show is a play on "tailspin", the rapid,...

    is a half-hour American animated television series that first aired in 1990.

Songs

  • "Tailspin", a song by American rock band moe.
    Moe.
    moe. is an American jam band, formed at the University at Buffalo in 1989. The band members are: Rob Derhak , Al Schnier , Chuck Garvey , Vinnie Amico , and Jim Loughlin ....

     from their 2007 album The Conch
    The Conch
    The Conch is the eighth studio album by the American rock band moe. It was released on January 23, 2007 by Fatboy Records. The Conch was moe.'s first studio release in four years.- History :...

  • "Tailspin", a song by guitarist Vinnie Moore
    Vinnie Moore
    Vinnie Moore is a guitarist and a member of the English hard rock band UFO. Along with Yngwie Malmsteen, Tony MacAlpine, and others, Moore is known as one of the most influential guitarists to emerge out of the shredder boom in the mid 1980s.-Biography:Moore was born in New Castle, Delaware...

     from his 2007 album To the Core
    To the Core
    -Personnel:*Vinnie Moore – electric guitar, production*Tim Lehner – keyboard*Van Romaine – drums*John DeServio – bass guitar*Tim Conklin – engineering*Paul Northfield – mixing*Ryan J-W Smith – mastering...


Other

  • Tailspin was the name of DandiLion Park's signature roller coaster.


There's also the homonym Talespin:
  • TaleSpin
    TaleSpin
    TaleSpin is a half-hour American animated television series based in the fictional city of Cape Suzette, that first aired in 1990 as part of The Disney Afternoon, with characters adapted from Disney's 1967 animated feature The Jungle Book. The name of the show is a play on "tailspin", the rapid,...

    , an animated cartoon series that used characters from the Disney animated movie The Jungle Book
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