Tailspin

The term Tailspin can refer to several things:

Main Meaning

• Spin (flight), 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, which was shot down by Soviet jet fighters in 1983.
• TaleSpin is a half-hour American animated television series that first aired in 1990.

Songs

• "Tailspin", a song by American rock band moe. from their 2007 album The Conch
• "Tailspin", a song by guitarist Vinnie Moore from his 2007 album To the Core

Other

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

There's also the homonym Talespin:

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