On Mon, 23 May 2005 17:41:00 +0200, Greg Farris
wrote:

I like the report that says the plane's engine stalled, and then it went
into a tailspin! I suppose the same reporter would say it did a
"wheelie" on takeoff!

I'm not absolutely sure about this but I kind of thought there was a
time when "tailspin" was what a spin was called, by everyone.

This might have been around the first WW or during the barnstorming
period afterward, but I believe it was part of the popular vocabulary.

Corky Scott