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flat spin
noun
an aircraft spin in which the longitudinal axis is more nearly horizontal than vertical
informala state of confusion; dither
Example Sentences
Brazil were literally in a flat spin: Ademir sent one shot ballooning out for a throw by the corner flag.
Smoke cascaded from the left wing as the plane went into a flat spin.
The undated National Transportation Safety Board report says an area resident watched the airplane barrel roll, climb and tumble, then roll over into an inverted flat spin.
The F15-D jet from RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk crashed into a field near Spalding, Lincolnshire, on 8 October after going into a flat spin.
Seconds later, the drone began an automated right turn that inverted it and eventually led to an unrecoverable flat spin, the report says.
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