Vultee XP-68 Tornado explained
The
Vultee XP-68 Tornado was a proposed
American World War II-era high-altitude interceptor aircraft. It was based on the experimental
XP-54 Swoose Goose and powered by the
Wright R-2160 Tornado 42-cylinder
radial engine driving a set of
contra-rotating propellers in a
twin-boom pusher configuration. When the engine was cancelled on 22 November 1941, the XP-68 was also cancelled.
References
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