The XB-70 Valkyrie - America's only Mach-3 strategic bomber - was cancelled by McNamara, lost one airframe in a midair collision, and survives today in Dayton.
TaildraggerThe XB-70 Valkyrie was America's Mach 3 nuclear bomber - a Cold War engineering triumph made strategically obsolete before its first prototype ever flew.
TaildraggerThe 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.
TaildraggerThe XB-70 Valkyrie was a Mach 3 bomber made obsolete by missiles; the last one survives at the Air Force museum in Dayton.
TaildraggerRadio Hangar explores The XB-70 Valkyrie, the Six-Engine Mach Three Bomber That Folded Its Wingtips in Flight and Now Sits Alone at Dayton After a Camera Killed Her Sister.
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 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.
TaildraggerThe 1968 XB-70 Valkyrie mid-air collision killed two pilots during a routine GE publicity photo shoot over the Mojave Desert.
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