The North American XB-70 Valkyrie Supersonic Research Aircraft

[TAA donaldson1]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmcGufvCI30

[kgwilson]

Looks like a cross between a paper dart & a dragon & cost $US1.5 billion in the 60s. What would that be in todays dollars? The project was cancelled in 1961 due to the introduction of ICBMs, but they carried on & built 2 prototypes that flew in 1964. One crashed after a midair collision in 1966 & the other retired in 1969 & is now in the US Airforce national museum in Ohio.

 

 

[donaldson1]

Looks like a cross between a paper dart & a dragon & cost $US1.5 billion in the 60s. What would that be in todays dollars? The project was cancelled in 1961 due to the introduction of ICBMs, but they carried on & built 2 prototypes that flew in 1964. One crashed after a midair collision in 1966 & the other retired in 1969 & is now in the US Airforce national museum in Ohio.

Looks so modern tho'. It seems the future happened back in the 1960s

 

 

[Old Koreelah]

Looks so modern tho'. It seems the future happened back in the 1960s

A nation addicted to weapons. No wonder they are broke.

 

 

[Deskpilot]

Did the pilots get sea-sick whilst taxiing. That nose sure bounced a lot.