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On June 8th in 1966, the XB-70 took off from near the Santa Barbara coast on a test flight, flown by Chief Test Pilot Major Carl Cross. It was accompanied by several other aircraft, including a T-38 trainer, an F-4 Phantom, an F-5 and an F-104N Starfighter. Something went horribly wrong, as the F-104N drifted into the right wing of the Valkyrie.
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A Bad Luck Crash and a Complex Design Doomed the XB70 Bomber
The XB-70 was one of the planes that did a group photoshoot, but soon things started to go wrong. Flight Research Center chief pilot Joe Walker's F-104 was suddenly drawn to the Valkyrie and clipped the right wing tip, rolled over, and struck the XB-70's right vertical fin, It sheered most of the left vertical fin and then exploded as it.
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Valkyrie Down the unsolved mysteries behind XB70 AV2 Crash The
However, the plans went awry on June 8, 1966, when the second XB-70 collided with a civilian registered F-104N while flying in formation as part of a General Electric company publicity photo shoot.
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Crash of The Valkyrie Sierra Hotel Aeronautics
32K 784K views 4 years ago #thehistoryguy #ushistory #XB70Valkyrie In June 1966, a photo shoot involving abXB-70A No. 2, an F-4 Phantom, an F-5, a T-38 Talon, and an F-104 Starfighter, went.
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Watch The First XB-70A Valkyrie Suffer Tire blowout And Brake Fire After Emergency Landing On Maiden Flight - The Aviationist News Ticker January 5, 2024 B-1B Bomber Crashes While Landing At.
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The Real Reason The XB70 Valkyrie Was Cancelled It Goes Far Beyond
With the photoshoot complete, the F-104 drifted into contact with the XB-70's right wing, flipped over, and rolling inverted, passed over the top of the Valkyrie, struck the vertical.
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Valkyrie Down the unsolved mysteries behind XB70 AV2 Crash The
Aerial image of the crash site. CLUI photo. One of the largest and most unusual planes ever made, the XB-70 Valkyrie, was destroyed in an accident during a photo shoot following a regularly scheduled test mission. The photo mission was organized at the behest of a General Electric representative in order to obtain publicity photos and motion.
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Hitting Mach 3 XB70 Valkyrie The World's Fastest Nuclear Bomber
The North American Aviation XB-70 Valkyrie is a retired prototype version of the planned B-70 nuclear -armed, deep-penetration supersonic strategic bomber for the United States Air Force Strategic Air Command.
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Video This Is What an XB70 Valkyrie Bomber Crash Landing Looks Like
The second XB-70A (AV-2) flew multiple times at Mach 3, including a sustained, 32-minute, Mach 3 flight in May 1966. Valkyrie AV-2 was lost in June 1966 after an F-104 collided with it in mid-air. F-104 pilot Joe Walker (NASA) and XB-70A copilot Maj Carl Cross (USAF) died. North American pilot Al White ejected from the XB-70A, but was badly.
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XB70 valkyrie and F104 inflight crash mandreas62 Flickr
Find out why a Lockheed F-104N Starfighter operated by NASA collided with an Air Force North American XB-70 Valkyrie over California's high desert near Edwar.
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XB70 Valkyrie The Massive Mach 3 Bomber Program the Air Force Ended
XB-70 Valkyrie. Strategic Bomber Prototype. High-Speed Research Aircraft. DESCRIPTION: The B-70 bomber program resulted from an Air Force requirement for a high-speed, high-altitude strategic bomber to replace the B-52. North American engineers utilized NACA studies dealing with optimum Mach 3-6 configurations to develop the winning B-70 design.
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Experimental North American XB70 Valkyrie Air Force Marathon
This is the story of the Valkyrie XB70 nuclear strike bomber, big brother of the SR-71 Blackbird. Both first flew in 1964. Wake turbulence is explained and.
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Crash North American Xb 70 Valkyrie
Deadly Photoshoot | 1966 North American XB-70 Mid-Air Accident - YouTube © 2023 Google LLC Please support this channel by following me on Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/allecibayOn 8 June.
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XB70 / XB70A Valkyrie Mid Air Collision 8x10 Silver Halide Photo
The North American Aviation XB-70 Valkyrie was one of the first supersonic bombers to be built after the Second World War. Designed and constructed in the mid-1950s, its top speed exceeded Mach 3.
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A F104 explodes after colliding with a XB70 Valkyrie strategic bomber
Named Valkyrie, after the female battle spirits of Norse mythology, the bomber was built to penetrate Soviet air defenses in a nuclear war and deliver thermonuclear bombs on targets. The XB-70 was.
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SimplePlanes North American XB70 Valkyrie
In an era of fantastic and futuristic aircraft, the North American Aviation XB-70 Valkyrie stood out as one of the most awe-inspiring.On June 8th, 1966, this.