Whirlwind (disambiguation)

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A whirlwind is any kind of vertical wind vortex. It may also refer to:

Media and fiction

Film

• The Whirlwind (serial film), 1920 serial film
• The Whirlwind (1933 film), American Western
• Whirlwind (1941 film), a Spanish film
• Whirlwind (1951 film), American Western directed by John English starring Gene Autry
• Whirlwind (1988 film), 1988 Soviet action film directed by Bako Sadykov

Music

• Whirlwind (album), 1980 album by singer/songwriter Andrew Gold
• Whirlwinds, 1974 album by smooth jazz composer Deodato
• The Whirlwind, 2009 album by progressive rock band Transatlantic

Other

• Marilyn Whirlwind, a fictional character in the television show Northern Exposure
• Whirlwind (comics), a Marvel Comics supervillain
• Whirlwind (novel), a 1986 novel by James Clavell
• "Whirlwind", an episode in the documentary series The World at War
• Whip Whirlwind, a former identity of DC Comics character Max Mercury

Transport

Aviation

• Two aircraft built by Westland Aircraft:
  • Westland Whirlwind (fighter), a World War 2, twin-engined fighter plane
  • Westland Whirlwind (helicopter), a helicopter
• Butterworth Westland Whirlwind, a replica of the Westland Whirlwind fighter
• Wright Whirlwind, a series of aircraft engines

Maritime

• HMS Whirlwind, the name of two British Royal Navy destroyers
• USS Whirlwind, the name of two United States Navy patrol vessels
• Whirlwind (yacht), J-class yacht involved in the America's Cup

Games

• The Black Whirlwind, a Jade Empire character
• Jimmy White's 'Whirlwind' Snooker, a 1991 snooker computer game, named for the player Jimmy White, nicknamed The Whirlwind
• Whirlwind (pinball), a pinball machine made by Williams

Technology

• Whirlwind (computer), pioneering real-time computer
• Whirlwind wheelchair, a wheelchair designed to be made in developing countries using local resources, in a sustainable development effort
• Whirlwind mill, pulverizing machine

Sports

• Boston Whirlwinds, former basketball team
• Cliff Wilson (1934–1994), former Welsh snooker player, nicknamed "The Whirlwind"
• Jimmy White (born 1962), famous English snooker player, nicknamed "The Whirlwind"
• Paterson Whirlwinds, the original name of the former basketball team the Paterson Crescents
• Wandsworth Whirlwinds, junior, Rugby League club in London
• West Texas Whirlwinds, basketball team
• Zhejiang Whirlwinds, Chinese basketball club

Business

• Whirlwind USA, an American audio equipment manufacturer

Places

• Whirlwind, West Virginia
• Whirlwind Inlet, an ice-filled inlet along the east coast of Graham Land
  • Whirlwind Glaciers, four prominent converging glaciers which flow into the west side of Whirlwind Inlet

Other

• WhirlWind (Seabreeze), a roller coaster at Seabreeze Amusement Park in Rochester, New York
• Whirlwind (roller coaster), a former roller coaster at Knoebels Amusement Resort
• Operation Whirlwind, a failed Croatian Army offensive

See also

• Tourbillon (disambiguation), French for whirlwind
• Reap the whirlwind (disambiguation)
• Wirbelwind, German for whirlwind, a World War 2 anti-aircraft vehicle