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Friday, 11 July 2008

North American XB-70 "Valkyrie"

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Theo, thanks for posting. Comments: note the ungainly undercarriage retraction process--reminiscent of TSR.2. Also, note flaking of paint esp on dorsal side of fuselage during final landing/taxy sequence, indicative of high temperatures encountered in a high-speed flight. The depicted aircraft is A/V-1, the sole survivor now at the AF Museum in Dayton. As we know, sadly, A/V-2 was lost in a midair collision with an F-104. At least you fellows have 2 surviving TSR.2s! (BTW this Yank thinks TSR.2 is waaaay cooler than B-70) cheerio chuck

Anonymous said...

Was that a B-58 flying chase @ 2:09?

steveH said...

Yep