Vultee XP-68 Tornado was proposed American high-altitude interceptor aircraft. It was based on the experimental XP-54 Swoose Goose powered by the Wright R-2160 Tornado 42-cylinder radial engine driving a set of contra-rotating propellers. When the engine was canceled, on 22 November 1941, the XP-68 was also canceled. It was supposed to be a pusher fighter.
List of military aircraft of the United States | Wikipedia audio article
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00:01:35 1 Prior to 1919
00:02:04 2 Army Air Service, 1919–1924
00:02:44 2.1 Type O: Foreign-Built Pursuit Aircraft
00:03:01 2.2 Type I: Pursuit, water-cooled
00:03:35 2.3 Type II: Pursuit, night
00:03:48 2.4 Type III: Pursuit, air-cooled
00:04:01 2.5 Type IV: Pursuit, ground attack, 1922
00:04:15 2.6 Type V: Two-seat pursuit
00:04:28 2.7 Type VI: Ground attack, 1920–1922
00:04:46 2.8 Type VII: Infantry liaison
00:04:58 2.9 Type VIII: Night observation
00:05:13 2.10 Type IX: Artillery observation
00:05:25 2.11 Type X: Corps observation
00:05:57 2.12 Type XI: Day bombardment
00:06:10 2.13 Type XII: Night bombardment, short range
00:06:34 2.14 Type XIII: Night...
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P-38 Lightning | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:11 1 Design and development
00:09:20 1.1 XP-38 and YP-38 prototypes
00:13:00 1.2 High-speed compressibility problems
00:30:32 1.3 Range extension
00:34:56 2 Operational history
00:35:22 2.1 Entry to the war
00:37:13 2.2 European theater
00:49:46 2.3 Pacific theater
00:54:02 2.3.1 Isoroku Yamamoto
00:55:29 2.4 Service record
00:59:10 2.5 Postwar operations
01:04:26 3 Production
01:04:58 3.1 P-38D and P-38Es
01:07:33 3.2 P-38Fs and P-38Gs
01:13:54 3.3 P-38J, P-38L
01:24:12 3.4 Pathfinders, night-fighter and other variants
01:32:09 4 Variants
01:38:48 5 Operators
01:39:26 6 Noted P-38s
01:39:36 6.1 YIPPEE
01:40:25 6.2 Glacier Girl
01:41:39 7 Surviving aircraft
01:41:48 8 Noted ...
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00:01:35 1 Prior to 1919
00:02:04 2 Army Air Service, 1919–1924
00:02:44 2.1 Type O: Foreign-Built Pursuit Aircraft
00:03:01 2.2 Type I: Pursuit, water-cooled
00:03:35 2.3 Type II: Pursuit, night
00:03:48 2.4 Type III: Pursuit, air-cooled
00:04:01 2.5 Type IV: Pursuit, ground attack, 1922
00:04:15 2.6 Type V: Two-seat pursuit
00:04:28 2.7 Type VI: Ground attack, 1920–1922
00:04:46 2.8 Type VII: Infantry liaison
00:04:58 2.9 Type VIII: Night observation
00:05:13 2.10 Type IX: Artillery observation
00:05:25 2.11 Type X: Corps observation
00:05:57 2.12 Type XI: Day bombardment
00:06:10 2.13 Type XII: Night bombardment, short range
00:06:34 2.14 Type XIII: Night bombardment, long range
00:06:51 2.15 Type XIV: Trainer, air-cooled
00:07:17 2.16 Type XV: Trainer, water-cooled
00:07:43 2.17 Ambulance, 1919–1924
00:07:59 2.18 Messenger
00:08:11 2.19 Pursuit, special
00:08:23 2.20 Racer
00:08:51 2.21 Seaplane
00:09:01 2.22 Transport
00:09:17 2.23 Lighter-than-air craft
00:09:56 3 Army Air Corps/Army Air Forces/Air Force 1924–1962
00:10:12 3.1 Attack, 1924–1948
00:12:43 3.2 Bomber
00:13:15 3.2.1 Light Bomber, 1924–1926
00:14:08 3.2.2 Medium Bomber, 1924–1926
00:14:24 3.2.3 Heavy Bomber, 1924–1926
00:14:44 3.2.4 Unified bomber sequence, 1926–1962
00:19:17 3.2.5 Bomber, long range, 1935–1936
00:19:53 3.3 Cargo, 1924–1962
00:28:49 3.4 Drone
00:28:57 3.4.1 Aerial Target
00:29:06 3.4.1.1 1922–1935
00:29:36 3.4.1.2 1940–1941
00:30:03 3.4.1.3 1942–1948
00:30:33 3.4.2 Aerial Target (Model Airplane), 1942–1948
00:31:27 3.4.3 Controllable bomb, 1942–1945
00:32:03 3.4.4 Target Control, 1942–1948
00:32:27 3.4.5 Unified sequence, 1948–1962
00:33:21 3.5 Glider
00:33:29 3.5.1 Assault Glider, 1942–1944
00:33:45 3.5.2 Bomb Glider, 1942–1944
00:34:03 3.5.3 Cargo Glider, 1941–1948
00:35:14 3.5.4 Fuel Glider, 1930–1948
00:35:28 3.5.5 Powered Glider, 1943–1948
00:35:46 3.5.6 Training Glider, 1941–1948
00:37:34 3.5.7 Unified sequence, 1948–1955
00:38:09 3.5.8 Sailplane, 1960–1962
00:38:24 3.6 Gyroplane, 1935–1939
00:38:41 3.7 Liaison, 1942–1962
00:40:50 3.8 Pursuit, 1924-1948/Fighter, 1948–1962
00:48:29 3.8.1 Fighter, Multiplace
00:48:43 3.8.2 Pursuit, Biplace
00:49:00 3.9 Observation
00:49:09 3.9.1 Observation, 1924–1942
00:52:27 3.9.2 Observation amphibian, 1925–1948
00:53:19 3.10 Reconnaissance
00:53:28 3.10.1 Photographic reconnaissance, 1930–1948 / Reconnaissance, 1948–1962
00:54:36 3.10.2 Reconnaissance-strike, 1960–1962
00:55:02 3.11 Rotary wing 1941–1948 and helicopter 1948–present
01:00:21 3.12 Supersonic/special test, 1946–1948
01:00:56 3.13 Trainer
01:01:05 3.13.1 Advanced Trainer, 1925–1948
01:02:33 3.13.2 Basic Combat, 1936–1940
01:02:53 3.13.3 Basic Trainer, 1930–1948
01:03:50 3.13.4 Primary Trainer, 1925–1948
01:05:27 3.13.5 Unified sequence, 1948–present
01:07:28 3.14 Convertiplane, 1952–1962
01:07:54 4 Army, 1956–1962
01:08:43 4.1 Airplane, Cargo, 1956–1962
01:09:14 4.2 Airplane, Observation, 1956–1962
01:09:38 4.3 Flying Platform, 1955–1956
01:10:02 4.4 Helicopter, Cargo, 1956–1962
01:10:28 4.5 Helicopter, Observation, 1956–1962
01:11:05 4.6 Helicopter, Utility, 1956–1962
01:11:23 4.7 Helicopter, Experimental, 1956–1962
01:11:40 4.8 Vertical Takeoff and Landing Research, 1956–1962
01:12:41 5 Unified System, 1962–present
01:12:53 5.1 Airborne Laser
01:13:04 5.2 Airship
01:13:24 5.3 Anti-Submarine Warfare
01:13:42 5.4 Attack
01:15:12 5.5 Bomber
01:15:28 5.6 Cargo
01:20:25 5.7 Drone
01:21:54 5.8 Electronic Warfare
01:22:45 5.9 Fighter
01:25:45 5.10 Glider
01:26:34 5.11 Helicopter
01:27:56 5.12 Observation
01:28:31 5.13 Patrol
01:29:19 5.14 Reconnaissance
01:29:32 5.15 Spaceplane
01:30:01 5.16 Tanker
01:30:22 5.17 Trainer, 1962, 1990–present
01:31:44 5.18 Utility, 1955–present
01:33:24 5.19 Vertical and Short Take-off and Landing Aircraft
01:35:23 5.20 Experimental, 1948–present
01:39:40 6 Un-designated foreign aircraft operated by the United States
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00:02:11 1 Design and development
00:09:20 1.1 XP-38 and YP-38 prototypes
00:13:00 1.2 High-speed compressibility problems
00:30:32 1.3 Range extension
00:34:56 2 Operational history
00:35:22 2.1 Entry to the war
00:37:13 2.2 European theater
00:49:46 2.3 Pacific theater
00:54:02 2.3.1 Isoroku Yamamoto
00:55:29 2.4 Service record
00:59:10 2.5 Postwar operations
01:04:26 3 Production
01:04:58 3.1 P-38D and P-38Es
01:07:33 3.2 P-38Fs and P-38Gs
01:13:54 3.3 P-38J, P-38L
01:24:12 3.4 Pathfinders, night-fighter and other variants
01:32:09 4 Variants
01:38:48 5 Operators
01:39:26 6 Noted P-38s
01:39:36 6.1 YIPPEE
01:40:25 6.2 Glacier Girl
01:41:39 7 Surviving aircraft
01:41:48 8 Noted P-38 pilots
01:41:59 8.1 Richard Bong and Thomas McGuire
01:43:08 8.2 Charles Lindbergh
01:46:23 8.3 Charles MacDonald
01:46:46 8.4 Martin James Monti
01:47:09 8.5 Robin Olds
01:47:49 8.6 John H. Ross
01:48:32 8.7 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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01:51:51 9 Specifications (P-38L)
01:57:06 10 Popular culture
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The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is a World War II–era American piston-engined fighter aircraft. Developed for the United States Army Air Corps, the P-38 had distinctive twin booms and a central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament. Allied propaganda claimed it had been nicknamed the fork-tailed devil (German: der Gabelschwanz-Teufel) by the Luftwaffe and "two planes, one pilot" (2飛行機、1パイロット, Ni hikōki, ippairotto) by the Japanese. The P-38 was used for interception, dive bombing, level bombing, ground attack, night fighting, photo reconnaissance, radar and visual pathfinding for bombers and evacuation missions, and extensively as a long-range escort fighter when equipped with drop tanks under its wings.
The P-38 was used most successfully in the Pacific Theater of Operations and the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations as the aircraft of America's top aces, Richard Bong (40 victories), Thomas McGuire (38 victories) and Charles H. MacDonald (27 victories). In the South West Pacific theater, the P-38 was the primary long-range fighter of United States Army Air Forces until the appearance of large numbers of P-51D Mustangs toward the end of the war.The P-38 was unusually quiet for a fighter, since the exhaust was muffled by the turbo-superchargers. It was extremely forgiving and could be mishandled in many ways but the rate of roll in the early versions was too low for it to excel as a dogfighter. The P-38 was the only American fighter aircraft in large-scale production throughout American involvement in the war, from Pearl Harbor to Victory over Japan Day. At the end of the war, orders for 1,887 more were cancelled.
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00:02:11 1 Design and development
00:09:20 1.1 XP-38 and YP-38 prototypes
00:13:00 1.2 High-speed compressibility problems
00:30:32 1.3 Range extension
00:34:56 2 Operational history
00:35:22 2.1 Entry to the war
00:37:13 2.2 European theater
00:49:46 2.3 Pacific theater
00:54:02 2.3.1 Isoroku Yamamoto
00:55:29 2.4 Service record
00:59:10 2.5 Postwar operations
01:04:26 3 Production
01:04:58 3.1 P-38D and P-38Es
01:07:33 3.2 P-38Fs and P-38Gs
01:13:54 3.3 P-38J, P-38L
01:24:12 3.4 Pathfinders, night-fighter and other variants
01:32:09 4 Variants
01:38:48 5 Operators
01:39:26 6 Noted P-38s
01:39:36 6.1 YIPPEE
01:40:25 6.2 Glacier Girl
01:41:39 7 Surviving aircraft
01:41:48 8 Noted P-38 pilots
01:41:59 8.1 Richard Bong and Thomas McGuire
01:43:08 8.2 Charles Lindbergh
01:46:23 8.3 Charles MacDonald
01:46:46 8.4 Martin James Monti
01:47:09 8.5 Robin Olds
01:47:49 8.6 John H. Ross
01:48:32 8.7 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
01:50:40 8.8 Clay Tice
01:51:03 8.9 Adrian Warburton
01:51:51 9 Specifications (P-38L)
01:57:06 10 Popular culture
01:58:12 11 Notable appearances in media
01:58:22 11.1 Documentaries
01:59:57 12 See also
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The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is a World War II–era American piston-engined fighter aircraft. Developed for the United States Army Air Corps, the P-38 had distinctive twin booms and a central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament. Allied propaganda claimed it had been nicknamed the fork-tailed devil (German: der Gabelschwanz-Teufel) by the Luftwaffe and "two planes, one pilot" (2飛行機、1パイロット, Ni hikōki, ippairotto) by the Japanese. The P-38 was used for interception, dive bombing, level bombing, ground attack, night fighting, photo reconnaissance, radar and visual pathfinding for bombers and evacuation missions, and extensively as a long-range escort fighter when equipped with drop tanks under its wings.
The P-38 was used most successfully in the Pacific Theater of Operations and the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations as the aircraft of America's top aces, Richard Bong (40 victories), Thomas McGuire (38 victories) and Charles H. MacDonald (27 victories). In the South West Pacific theater, the P-38 was the primary long-range fighter of United States Army Air Forces until the appearance of large numbers of P-51D Mustangs toward the end of the war.The P-38 was unusually quiet for a fighter, since the exhaust was muffled by the turbo-superchargers. It was extremely forgiving and could be mishandled in many ways but the rate of roll in the early versions was too low for it to excel as a dogfighter. The P-38 was the only American fighter aircraft in large-scale production throughout American involvement in the war, from Pearl Harbor to Victory over Japan Day. At the end of the war, orders for 1,887 more were cancelled.
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00:02:11 1 Design and development
00:09:20 1.1 XP-38 and YP-38 prototypes
00:13:00 1.2 High-speed compressibility problems
00:30:32 1.3 Range extension
00:34:56 2 Operational history
00:35:22 2.1 Entry to the war
00:37:13 2.2 European theater
00:49:46 2.3 Pacific theater
00:54:02 2.3.1 Isoroku Yamamoto
00:55:29 2.4 Service record
00:59:10 2.5 Postwar operations
01:04:26 3 Production
01:04:58 3.1 P-38D and P-38Es
01:07:33 3.2 P-38Fs and P-38Gs
01:13:54 3.3 P-38J, P-38L
01:24:12 3.4 Pathfinders, night-fighter and other variants
01:32:09 4 Variants
01:38:48 5 Operators
01:39:26 6 Noted P-38s
01:39:36 6.1 YIPPEE
01:40:25 6.2 Glacier Girl
01:41:39 7 Surviving aircraft
01:41:48 8 Noted P-38 pilots
01:41:59 8.1 Richard Bong and Thomas McGuire
01:43:08 8.2 Charles Lindbergh
01:46:23 8.3 Charles MacDonald
01:46:46 8.4 Martin James Monti
01:47:09 8.5 Robin Olds
01:47:49 8.6 John H. Ross
01:48:32 8.7 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
01:50:40 8.8 Clay Tice
01:51:03 8.9 Adrian Warburton
01:51:51 9 Specifications (P-38L)
01:57:06 10 Popular culture
01:58:12 11 Notable appearances in media
01:58:22 11.1 Documentaries
01:59:57 12 See also
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The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is a World War II–era American piston-engined fighter aircraft. Developed for the United States Army Air Corps, the P-38 had distinctive twin booms and a central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament. Allied propaganda claimed it had been nicknamed the fork-tailed devil (German: der Gabelschwanz-Teufel) by the Luftwaffe and "two planes, one pilot" (2飛行機、1パイロット, Ni hikōki, ippairotto) by the Japanese. The P-38 was used for interception, dive bombing, level bombing, ground attack, night fighting, photo reconnaissance, radar and visual pathfinding for bombers and evacuation missions, and extensively as a long-range escort fighter when equipped with drop tanks under its wings.
The P-38 was used most successfully in the Pacific Theater of Operations and the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations as the aircraft of America's top aces, Richard Bong (40 victories), Thomas McGuire (38 victories) and Charles H. MacDonald (27 victories). In the South West Pacific theater, the P-38 was the primary long-range fighter of United States Army Air Forces until the appearance of large numbers of P-51D Mustangs toward the end of the war.The P-38 was unusually quiet for a fighter, since the exhaust was muffled by the turbo-superchargers. It was extremely forgiving and could be mishandled in many ways but the rate of roll in the early versions was too low for it to excel as a dogfighter. The P-38 was the only American fighter aircraft in large-scale production throughout American involvement in the war, from Pearl Harbor to Victory over Japan Day. At the end of the war, orders for 1,887 more were cancelled.
Vultee XP-68 Tornado was proposed American high-altitude interceptor aircraft. It was based on the experimental XP-54 Swoose Goose powered by the Wright R-2160 Tornado 42-cylinder radial engine driving a set of contra-rotating propellers. When the engine was canceled, on 22 November 1941, the XP-68 was also canceled. It was supposed to be a pusher fighter.