The North American XB-70 Valkyrie flew at Mach 3 and rode its own shockwave over the Mojave, but strategic politics and a fatal midair collision ensured only one would survive to reach a museum.
TaildraggerRadio Hangar explores The X B Seventy Valkyrie, the Mach Three Bomber That Folded Its Wingtips to Ride Its Own Shockwave, and the Lone Survivor Standing in Dayton.
TaildraggerHow Tom Reilly spent a decade rebuilding the world's only airworthy XP-82 Twin Mustang - and why its propellers spin the way they do.
TaildraggerThe XB-70 Valkyrie was a Mach-3 bomber that flew only twice, lost one aircraft in a 1966 photo-shoot crash, and survives in Dayton, Ohio.
TaildraggerThe XB-70 Valkyrie was a Mach 3 bomber; only one survives after a 1966 photo-shoot collision destroyed its twin. Here's the full story.
TaildraggerThe North American T-6 Texan trained more Allied pilots than any other aircraft - and its supersonic prop-tip snarl still defines Oshkosh.
TaildraggerThe North American T-6 Texan, the 'Pilot Maker,' trained a generation of WWII fighter pilots and still fills the warbird ramp at Oshkosh.
TaildraggerThe North American XB-70 Valkyrie was America's most technically advanced Cold War bomber - capable of Mach 3 at 70,000 feet but cancelled before entering service.
TaildraggerHow Tom Reilly spent two decades restoring the world's only flyable XP-82 Twin Mustang from a rusted hulk in an Ohio field.
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