The North American XB-70 Valkyrie embodied a once-dominant creed: outrun defenses at Mach 3 and 70,000 feet. -The prototype proved the physics—compression-lift wingtips, hot-structure skins, 172,000 ...

During the Cold War era from the late 1940s to the early 1990s, the skies above Southern California’s Mojave Desert served as a testbed for the newest, biggest, fastest and deadliest military aircraft ...

Five years before Concorde’s first flight, another majestic supersonic aircraft took to the skies — and almost became the inspiration for an even faster passenger plane. It was the XB-70 Valkyrie, an ...

A Total Failure: The XB-70 Valkyrie was an experimental U.S. nuclear bomber developed in the 1950s and 1960s as a potential replacement for the B-52. Designed to fly at Mach... What You Need to Know: ...

Despite its technical triumphs and support from aviators, the XB-70’s operational future unraveled almost as quickly as it took flight. What You Need to Know: The North American XB-70 Valkyrie ...

From the first of the 95 flights made by the Air Force’s two XB-70 Valkyrie bombers since 1964, the mighty, 2,000-m.p.h. experimental craft has been gremlin plagued. On Valkyrie 1’s maiden flight, a ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition - North American XB-70 Valkyrie A technological tour de force of epic proportions, the legend of the XB-70 ...

The XB-70 Valkyrie was born from a simple Cold War idea: fly so high and fast that nothing could touch you. North American’s ...