flat spin
Britishnoun
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an aircraft spin in which the longitudinal axis is more nearly horizontal than vertical
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informal a state of confusion; dither
Example Sentences
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Baumgartner said that he felt as if he was in a flat spin at one point.
From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2012
Mr. Wolfe wrote of how a plane at supersonic speed and high altitude could “skid into a flat spin like a cereal bowl on a Formica counter.”
From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2011
But that winter he worked with his Sussex coach Peter Moores on converting his innocuous left-arm seam into flat spin that would make him a more valuable all-round performer.
From The Guardian • Mar. 24, 2011
As command pilot of Bo livia's nine-month-old military junta, Barrientos may fall into a flat spin one day; but in the meantime, he is flying high.
From Time Magazine Archive
Suddenly the machine quivered, swung to the left, and nearly put itself in a flat spin.
From Cavalry of the Clouds by Bott, Alan
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