The Mach 3 rivalry between the YF-12 and the XB-70
The XB-70 Valkyrie had an extremely large airframe; the YF-12 was not small, being 107 feet long. But if you compared the two, the Blackbird looked small The Mach 3…
The XB-70 Valkyrie had an extremely large airframe; the YF-12 was not small, being 107 feet long. But if you compared the two, the Blackbird looked small The Mach 3…
The North American XB-70 Valkyrie was relocated outside for a day on October 6, 2020, as part of an effort to renovate a gallery in the fourth building of the…
The XB-70 Valkyrie, the largest experimental aircraft ever built, was meant to gather data while in flight for use in developing both military and commercial supersonic aircraft The futuristic XB-70A…
The XB-70 Valkyrie was a planned supersonic bomber that became known as a “technology demonstrator”. Its main descendant is the B-1 Bomber, and its technology has been used for civilian…
The XB-70A Valkyrie, which was once intended to be a Mach 3 bomber, was only ever utilized for flight testing This post’s most noteworthy photo is a close-up shot of…
The XB-70 Valkyrie AV/2 would only leave and land at Carswell AFB before being destroyed on June 8, 1966, as a result of an unintentional mid-air collision The interesting photo…
Alvin S. White, a North American test pilot, and Col. Joseph F. Cotton piloted the XB-70 Valkyrie, which took off from Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, and landed at Edwards…