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The XB-70 Valkyrie was a groundbreaking aircraft in the history of aviation, designed by North American Aviation in the 1960s ...
The XB-70 Valkyrie promised unmatched speed and altitude, but its story ended in tragedy. From Cold War innovation to a fatal ...
The XB-70 Valkyrie, the most advanced American bomber of its era, made its maiden flight in clear blue skies over the Mojave Desert.
Unfortunately, the XB-70 story doesn't have a happy ending. In 1966, during a mid-air photo session following a test flight, an F-104 fighter clipped the right wing of XB-70 #2.
What You Need to Know: The North American XB-70 Valkyrie epitomized Cold War aerospace innovation. Designed to replace the B-52, the Valkyrie boasted speeds exceeding Mach 3 and an altitude ...
The XB-70 takes off in August 1965. NASA The first XB-70 Valkyrie built, the XB-70A, had handling at speeds greater than Mach 2.5, and only got above Mach 3 once.
Known as the XB-70, this was the Air Force’s attempt to take the heavy payload capacity of the B-52 Stratofortress and marry it to the supersonic capabilities of the B-58 Hustler.
Vintage supersonic XB-70 bomber arrives to anchor new Air Force Museum wing in Dayton Published: Oct. 28, 2015, 12:00 p.m.
The XB-70 Valkyrie streaked through the skies near three times the speed of sound in flight tests 70,000 feet above the California desert in the 1960s.