Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote:
Way back in the 30s, some pilots would spin through an overcast and then
recover
underneath in the clear. Unless the ceiling was 200', that is. Can you
imagine? Open cockpit, rain spraying you and there you go into an
intentional
spin into the merk. Must have had huge balls and tiny brains....

How then would you suggest getting down through an overcast without
IFR-capable instruments?

[Let's ignore the decision making to put them there in the first place.
Let's just assume you're on top of an overcast that has 1000' bases, and you
don't have enough fuel to go far enough to see the ground]

A spin is a perfectly safe and controlled maneuver at a very slow airspeed
that puts very managable forces on the plane - remember, it is stalled.

Hilton