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06-21-2013 | 03:15 PM

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That's amazing! That's the XB-70 which was an air force strategic bomber.

Only a very very small handful of pilots got to fly it as I believe there were only 3 made.

If it was test flown in the 1950's, it wasn't me.

06-21-2013 | 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp

That's amazing! That's the XB-70 which was an air force strategic bomber.

Only a very very small handful of pilots got to fly it as I believe there were only 3 made.

Like I said, I could be wrong, I have to check with him. Let you know.

Denny

06-21-2013 | 03:21 PM

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If it was test flown in the 1950's, it wasn't me.

And I heard you were eternal. I guess the rumors have been getting out of hand.

06-21-2013 | 03:23 PM

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Like I said, I could be wrong, I have to check with him. Let you know.

Denny

It was a 542,000 lb Mach 3 bomber. Absolutely incredible.

The Navy had some pretty crazy fast stuff at that time as well, IIRC.

06-21-2013 | 03:28 PM

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It's the North American XB-70 Valkyrie. The Air Force tested it with NASA, but I don't think it ever entered service.

Carl

I know it didn't enter service. A few years ago I talked with my father about some of the planes he test flew for the Navy. One I know for sure, he did the checkout of the Navy's version of the Connie. I could swear he mentioned something that looked like this one. I'll send him a picture and ask him.

Denny

06-21-2013 | 03:35 PM

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And I heard you were eternal. I guess the rumors have been getting out of hand.

How about I took the 1950's off so I could save myself for the DC-9....

06-21-2013 | 04:04 PM

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It's the North American XB-70 Valkyrie. The Air Force tested it with NASA, but I don't think it ever entered service.

Carl

Two were built for the Air Force by North American with one still on display at the AF Museum. The other one was in a photo shoot w/ other planes (3-5 fighters I think) when I believe the wake from the B70 caught a F-104 and the two planes collided, destroying both. Program cancelled shortly after.

06-21-2013 | 04:06 PM

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Okay, I was wrong, he didn't fly something similar but I will try and post pictures of some of the airplanes he did fly. Here is the first shot posting a pic in awhile. The F7F

Denny

Sorry about the size.

06-21-2013 | 04:21 PM

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Here's another, the F9F-2 Panther.

F3D Skyknight

Martin Mars

These are just a few....

Denny

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06-21-2013 | 04:37 PM

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From: Douglas Aerospace post production Flight Test & Work Around Engineering bulletin dissembler

Thanks Denny .. Cool Stuff ... today flight test folks are lucky to ever see a new program.

Here's the story on the XB-70

The aircraft was redundant by the time it flew. It's role was replaced by the MRV ICBM's and performance had already been leapfrogged by the A-12 / SR-71. None the less, a lot of the structures technology was later used in components of the aircraft we fly today.

Last edited by Bucking Bar; 06-21-2013 at 04:52 PM.