Whirlwind (disambiguation)

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A whirlwind is any kind of vertical wind vortex.

Whirlwind may also refer to:

Media and fiction

Film

• The Whirlwind (serial film), a 1920 American film serial directed by Joseph A. Golden
• The Whirlwind (1933 film), an American Western
• Whirlwind (1941 film), a Spanish film
• Whirlwind (1951 film), an American Western directed by John English starring Gene Autry
• Whirlwind (1953 film), an Iranian film
• Whirlwind (1964 film), a Japanese historical drama film
• Whirlwind (1988 film), a 1988 Soviet action film directed by Bako Sadykov

Music

• Whirlwinds, a 1974 album by smooth jazz composer Deodato
• "Whirlwind", a song by the band Roxy Music on the 1975 album Siren
• "Whirlwind", a song by the band Broder Daniel
• Whirlwind (album), a 1980 album by singer/songwriter Andrew Gold
• The Whirlwind (album), a 2009 album by progressive rock band Transatlantic
• Whirlwind (band), rock band from Sri Lanka

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
• The Whirlwind (newspaper), a satirical 19th century British weekly co-founded and edited by Herbert Vivian

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), a 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 I, a pioneering real-time computer
• Whirlwind mill, a pulverizing machine

Sports

• Boston Whirlwinds, a 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, a rugby league club in London
• West Texas Whirlwinds, a basketball team
• Zhejiang Whirlwinds, a Chinese basketball club

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
• Whirlwind Peak, a mountain in Canada

Other

• Whirlwind USA, an American audio equipment manufacturer
• WhirlWind (Seabreeze), a roller coaster at Seabreeze Amusement Park in Rochester, New York
• Whirlwind, the former name of the roller coaster Bocaraca
• 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