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Vultee XP-68 Tornado
The
Vultee XP-68
Tornado
was
proposed
American
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.
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