# QUIT STALLING OR SPIN IN! U.S. NAVY PILOT TRAINING FILM 87564

This 1945 U.S. Navy training film, Quit Stalling—Or Spin In! (MN-4353a), teaches pilots the dangers of stalling, or spinning, and how to avoid crashing. A stall is what happens when an aero foil cannot make enough lift to keep the aircraft in level flight. The film features a Navy instructor who presents a series of case studies from the Navy’s office of Flight Safety Flight Statistics ( 00:52 ). The film begins with footage of a plane stalling and crashing into the ground ( 00:14 ); the remains of the pilot are recovered by the military. The Navy instructor reviews some of the key rules to avoid stalling: the steeper the bank or the sharper the pull-up—the higher the “G” ( 02:14 ); the higher the “G” and the heavier the load, the higher the stalling speed ( 03:10 ); and keep flying speed ( 03:31 ). Since more than half of all spin accidents occur during landing approaches, the Navy instructor reviews several cases involving landing approaches, including lacking speed during a turn ( 03:58 ) and slow gliding on aircraft carrier ( 05:20 ). Next, the film shows footage of a PV-1 as the narrator recounts a fatal spin accident involving the same plane, which killed the entire six-member crew. The instructor then discusses cases of crashes involving spin that occurred during takeoffs. This is followed by spin accidents that happened during simulated emergency training ( 07:32 ); in one case, an instructor and student on a b-stage flight in what appears to be a Navy N2S Stearman…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/87564QuitStallingOrSpinInRexfer)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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