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The Partenavia P.55 Tornado is a 1950s Italian high-performance competition and touring monoplane built by Partenavia. The Tornado was a small mid-wing cantilever monoplane with a retractable tricycle landing gear. The aircraft was powered by a nose-mounted Lycoming O-320 piston engine.The aircraft was commissioned to win the Tour of Sicily (it: Giro di Sicilia) and the Tornado won the race in 1956.