XB-70 Valkyrie: America’s Mach 3 Super Bomber Ever Built

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  • The North American Aviation XB-70 Valkyrie was the prototype version of the planned B-70 nuclear-armed, deep-penetration supersonic strategic bomber for the United States Air Force Strategic Air Command. Designed in the late 1950s by North American Aviation (NAA), the six-engined Valkyrie was capable of cruising for thousands of miles at Mach 3+ while flying at 70,000 feet (21,000 m).
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  • @VonHellsverg
    @VonHellsverg Před 2 lety +12546

    The XB-70 is definitely one of the most aircraft ever

    • @jet6619
      @jet6619 Před 2 lety +1980

      I like how much it aircraft at mach 3...

    • @arbisy1604
      @arbisy1604 Před 2 lety +660

      what

    • @azharidris7092
      @azharidris7092 Před 2 lety +94

      @@jet6619 i think you had meant to say ''l like how this aircraft can fly at Mach 3''..

    • @jet6619
      @jet6619 Před 2 lety +896

      Wooosh

    • @XxXGlZMOXxX
      @XxXGlZMOXxX Před 2 lety +531

      @@jet6619 I like how this mach 3 air Craft is.

  • @orbitalbutt6757
    @orbitalbutt6757 Před 2 lety +3270

    “America’s Mach 3 Aircraft Ever Built”. I agree wholeheartedly. Undeniably, it is America’s Mach 3 Aircraft Ever Built. It Aircraft good. It Fast the Bomb, superlatively.

    • @petervanzyverden
      @petervanzyverden Před 2 lety +194

      ya was this on purpose? it makes me feel like i am having a stroke when I read it.

    • @YorkshirePirate
      @YorkshirePirate Před 2 lety +70

      @@petervanzyverden Mocking the video title :)

    • @petervanzyverden
      @petervanzyverden Před 2 lety +52

      @@YorkshirePirate ya the title, that's what I am referring to.

    • @TGSSMC
      @TGSSMC Před 2 lety +71

      IT must be the machest 3 and it aircrafts extremestly Well

    • @jort281
      @jort281 Před 2 lety +16

      The builders name is Gabriel Ever

  • @grp7112
    @grp7112 Před 2 lety +62

    One of the most beautiful aircraft ever built. I bought and assembled a Revell plastic model of the plane in the mid-latter 1960s. Wish I still had it.

    • @jonathangoode546
      @jonathangoode546 Před měsícem

      I had one too mine was by aurora. And it was already in bad shape . And it was very warped .

  • @msgtpauldfreed
    @msgtpauldfreed Před 2 lety +10

    One of my favorite aircraft ever. Been to the museum several times and have seen it every time.

  • @Trebor-gw8lt
    @Trebor-gw8lt Před 2 lety +1058

    Designed in the 50s. Simply incredible.

    • @gautumbuddhabuddha8234
      @gautumbuddhabuddha8234 Před 2 lety +9

      CHINA INVENTED AN ANTI STEALTH QUANTUM RADAR THAT CAN EASILY DETECT US F 35 F 22 RAPTOR AND B 2 SPIRIT BOMBER STEALTH FIGHTER JETS 👉 NOW US WILL NEVER TRY TO SEND ITS SO CALLED STEALTH FIGHTER JETS INTO CHINESE AIRSPACE 😭😭😭

    • @robbieaulia6462
      @robbieaulia6462 Před 2 lety +148

      @@gautumbuddhabuddha8234 Let me make an evaluation:
      1. Quantum technology has only been used for computer and due to quantum particles requiring a perfect condition to function properly, the quantum computer became massive and performs worse than a normal computer and require so much electricity that simply requires an industrial generator to provide such demands which largely makes it impossible for it to be used for radars with the current technology.
      2. The "stealth" in stealth fighter and stealth bombers means that it prolongs the time it takes to get detected by radars and not prevent it from ever happening.
      3. The US doesn't send planes into west taiwanese airspace because it is a violation of china's sovereignty, which is also the same reason why china doesn't send planes into US airspace.
      4. Even if a radar can detect a stealth aircraft, radar jammer aircrafts are a thing and usually is part of a bomber convoy to reduce the chance of bombers getting shot down even further.
      5. Manually aiming an anti aircraft gun is still an option you know?
      6. Your understanding of quantum technology is as accurate as a holywood executive understand quantum technology.
      7. That 1 like on your reply is probably yourself.
      Edit:
      8. You're probably just a bot
      9. Stop spreading hoax
      10. The US won't need to send stealth fighter jets into west taiwan because satellites can do the job of reconnaissance and send nuclear threats to keep west taiwan in check.
      11. My social credit score is -1.000.000

    • @gautumbuddhabuddha8234
      @gautumbuddhabuddha8234 Před 2 lety +4

      NEVER BUY F 35
      F 35 IS CALLED LIGHTENING BECAUSE IT CRASHES DUE TO LIGHTENING IN BAD WEATHER ☁️

    • @ainchamama
      @ainchamama Před 2 lety +14

      @@gautumbuddhabuddha8234 don't need to when we can just press a button... maybe two.

    • @TheCosmicViewer
      @TheCosmicViewer Před 2 lety +32

      @@gautumbuddhabuddha8234 China? I think you mean West Taiwan.

  • @davidhollis1117
    @davidhollis1117 Před 2 lety +652

    That thing still looks like it was wheeled out of 100 years from now. Amazing.

    • @alfredomaltauro
      @alfredomaltauro Před 2 lety +7

      Non esagerare caro David è solo una copia della concorde ultimamente è finita anche quella in museo 😉 ma è bellissima senza dubbio.

    • @dreyn7780
      @dreyn7780 Před 2 lety +31

      Ah, no it doesn't.
      It looks like it will snap in half.
      Its actually a great fire starter.
      Your imagination is limited.
      Small wing planes are obviously fly by wire technology planes.
      Enormous wing planes are obviously NOT fly by wire technology.
      It looks very 60's or earlier.

    • @alfredomaltauro
      @alfredomaltauro Před 2 lety +4

      @@dreyn7780 don't worry 😉 take it easy, be safe wish you all the best 😘 😊

    • @000JonnyBoothworthy
      @000JonnyBoothworthy Před 2 lety +6

      @@dreyn7780 obvious..? Okay... I'll bite... what's obvious about fly by wire Avionics that leads you to believe that their inclusion in aircraft frames is dictated by size..?

    • @user-kp7ws2zx7i
      @user-kp7ws2zx7i Před 2 lety +7

      @@alfredomaltauro Warning from Holy Bible to Humans:- The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is at hand, please repent from all your sins before Lord Jesus Christ, thou shalt be saved and thy family members from eternal Hell to eternal Heaven Amen 🙏

  • @JohnStark72
    @JohnStark72 Před 2 lety +11

    As a teenager, I saw a large jet flying over the area of Pittsford, Vermont. It was escorted by 3 smaller jets and all were on a slightly northwest course, which is the general direction of New York and possibly Plattsburgh AFB. To this day, I believe it was the B-70. The craft had a large delta wing design and, because of how miniscule the escorts were comparatively, and because the fuselage and nose extended far beyond the wings and had canards, it couldn't possibly have been a B-58. I was also a member of the Civil Air Patrol at the time and had studied aircraft extensively for years, making me quite familiar with a multitude of designs, fighter, bomber, and transport. The year was 1966.

    • @JohnStark72
      @JohnStark72 Před 2 lety

      @Galileo7of9 Maybe they don't, but I know what I saw. There were no other aircraft in the U.S. inventory that had any of the B-70's features. And I did know aircraft.

    • @JohnStark72
      @JohnStark72 Před 3 měsíci

      It's interesting that @Galileo7of9's comments have disappeared completely from this thread. Official narrative bots are all over social media and they are allowed by the platforms to do whatever they please.

  • @shvartze
    @shvartze Před 2 lety +8

    My dad worked at Edward AFB and he brought me a poster of this plane when I was in 1st grade. No one believed it was a real plane when I brought the poster to school to show other kids. Later we all went on field trips to Edwards or Lockheed and were able to see it. It was so amazing to see compared to anything else. I wish I had kept that poster!

  • @owenkittredge3433
    @owenkittredge3433 Před 2 lety +533

    I grew up at Edwards AFB and one of the projects my dad worked on was the F-111 and it shared a hanger with the surviving prototype so was able to get a up close private walk around tour of the aircraft. The 1960's was great time to be a nerdy kid at Edwards.

    • @andyfletcher3561
      @andyfletcher3561 Před 2 lety +27

      I worked as a janitor for the company that had the contract in the mid 70's. Got to go in the hanger with all sorts of experimental aircraft including the X15, X29?(forward swept wings) which on other visits to Edwards I also saw fly. About a third of my working life was centered around Palmdale USAF Plant 42, Edwards, and China Lake. Did a bunch of work on the two hangers it shows the XB-70 sitting between early in the video, mostly during the B1 project. Got to watch the SR71 fly a bunch. Edwards is one of those places you can feel the history boiling out of the ground.

    • @waverley41
      @waverley41 Před 2 lety +2

      @@andyfletcher3561 What's your favorite memory? Thanks!

    • @Inazuma68
      @Inazuma68 Před 2 lety +3

      Lucky you!

    • @cliffords.8341
      @cliffords.8341 Před 2 lety +1

      @@andyfletcher3561 I envy you sir. Getting to see all those aircraft up close. By the way my mothers fathers middle name was Fletcher. I always liked it.
      Happy Thanksgiving.

    • @cliffords.8341
      @cliffords.8341 Před 2 lety +3

      @Owen Kittredge: I envy you for your experiences sir. My only experiences was to see my father leaving on a plane to go on his two weeks reserve in the Navy. From 1951-1955 he served on the battleship USS New Jersey and was stationed in Japan for two years.
      Happy Thanksgiving.

  • @K-Effect
    @K-Effect Před 2 lety +481

    This aircraft always amazes me. Look at a high-performance race car or a sports car from the late 60s and then look at the XB-70 doing Mach 3+. The XB-70 looks like it's from a completely different timeline

    • @keirfarnum6811
      @keirfarnum6811 Před 2 lety +8

      FYI: with respect, it’s “Mach.” The speed scale was named for a German guy named Mach. “Mock” means to make fun of someone or something.

    • @SuperSy99
      @SuperSy99 Před 2 lety

      No.only f -35 the best

    • @apex_blue
      @apex_blue Před 2 lety +14

      @@SuperSy99 XB-70 is a Mach 3 bomber , the f-35 is a Mach 1.4 stealth fighter/bomber

    • @matej1016
      @matej1016 Před 2 lety +4

      @@SuperSy99 f35 ? it cant fly in storm bc thunder will execute systems of that jet

    • @SuperSy99
      @SuperSy99 Před 2 lety

      @@matej1016 f35 is modern tech.its not true

  • @Phildo8
    @Phildo8 Před rokem +8

    1000% highly recommend that if you’ve never visited The USAF Museum here in Ohio it is absolutely a must visit! The XB-70 is a monster on video but in person it truly is a sight to behold in The Modern Era section of the museum. I live about 45mins from The Museum and I’ve been dozens of times in my life from field trips in school until my adult life but it’s always fun!

    • @SMichaelDeHart
      @SMichaelDeHart Před rokem

      I agree with that. Been to Wright/Pat 3-4 times and it's very cool.
      My eldest brother worked at Wright/Patterson as a civilian USAF employee late 70's/early 80's (he's a Chemical Safety Engineer) and lived in Fairborn.

    • @daveluttinen2547
      @daveluttinen2547 Před rokem

      I have been there twice and only saw one of the museums. Give yourselves a couple days so you can linger around the amazing machinery that our tax dollars purchased. The XB-70 brought me to tears the first time I saw it. Back then you could get close and I gave the landing gear a hug. A beautiful machine - who wouldn't love to gas it up and take it for a spin around the pattern?

    • @MiG-25IsGOAT
      @MiG-25IsGOAT Před 2 dny

      If an alien doesn't kill me I will go there when I can :)

  • @USAFmuseum
    @USAFmuseum Před 11 měsíci +1

    Thanks for using some of our footage. We love this bird!!!

  • @craiglizt8074
    @craiglizt8074 Před 2 lety +187

    Even to this day, the XB-70 looks out of this world! So glad I was able to see this at the AF Museum.

    • @Mausk45Edits
      @Mausk45Edits Před 2 lety

      Took you long enough

    • @craiglizt8074
      @craiglizt8074 Před 2 lety +2

      @@Mausk45Edits Well, I literally meant that I saw it in person at the AF museum, not in a video. Seen it 2018 and earlier this year.

    • @craiglizt8074
      @craiglizt8074 Před 2 lety +4

      @Anglo Saxon No, that's too simplistic a view as their intended purposes were distinct, but they do share similarities and an SST version of the XB-70 was considered. Further, the XB-70 predates the Concorde by several years and first flew in 1964; the Concorde's first flight was 1969.

  • @stephenschultz9901
    @stephenschultz9901 Před 2 lety +590

    My grandfather-in-law was on the design team for this plane. Being an aviation nerd, I was floored that I'd never heard of it before and moreso that he had designed it. Old people are cool.

    • @45337
      @45337 Před 2 lety

      Safe 😄

    • @allmotorkp61
      @allmotorkp61 Před 2 lety +2

      Uh huh...😏

    • @giga_420
      @giga_420 Před 2 lety +10

      Cap

    • @seneca4670
      @seneca4670 Před 2 lety

      thats cool

    • @Swordsfor200Alex
      @Swordsfor200Alex Před 2 lety +13

      I built it in 1973 and learned about the XB-70 since it was a Revell model kit. Ya know - those things kids used to do as a hobby before cable tv in the 80’s.

  • @beaknewcomer3835
    @beaknewcomer3835 Před 2 lety +2

    I love that plane! It looks like a huge cute bird! My dad was in the Air Force, belly gunner want to be 17 came back after 20 some missions! Airplanes are awesome and beautiful, much love to all the military for their unbelievably hard work and courage!!!!❤️❤️❤️

    • @beaknewcomer3835
      @beaknewcomer3835 Před 2 lety

      Oops! I meant to say b17 and it came out once to be 17!!!😜

    • @joevarga5982
      @joevarga5982 Před rokem

      @@beaknewcomer3835 You can edit the comment instead of posting a new one.

  • @danieltaylor6708
    @danieltaylor6708 Před rokem

    The sound in the start of the video is amazing. Would love longer video with that sound or similar. Thank you

  • @CaseyCollier
    @CaseyCollier Před 2 lety +309

    I had the pleasure of seeing this magnificent aircraft at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force a month ago. It's got to be one of the coolest experiences I've ever had. Seeing all of those historic planes is something I dreamt about for years. If you are even the slightest bit interested in the history of aviation, I would strongly consider visiting the museum. Admission is free and you can spend 1-2 days there just seeing everything.

    • @Davethreshold
      @Davethreshold Před 2 lety +8

      I bet it was! When I was a kid my Dad took us to an exhibit at Montgomery Ward, Chicago. We saw an X-15!! I was fascinated just reading about the fuel that it inhaled.

    • @phillp7777
      @phillp7777 Před 2 lety

      where ? hello?

    • @CaseyCollier
      @CaseyCollier Před 2 lety +7

      @@phillp7777
      The XB-70 is being displayed as a permanent exhibit at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton Ohio.

    • @Sr89hot
      @Sr89hot Před 2 lety +7

      Just went there for the 5th time this summer. This museum is an aviators dream. List of planes (just a few of many) that are on display. Memphis Belle, B29 Bockscar (Nagasaki atom bomb), F-22, YF-23, 2 SR-71s, F117, Mig29, and tons more. Plus a history of the U.S. Air Force with Titan and Minute Man missiles. The place nearly rivals Udvar-Hazy at Dulles near Washington D.C., but that place has a space shuttle. Hard to top that.

    • @CaseyCollier
      @CaseyCollier Před 2 lety +7

      @@Sr89hot
      I mirror your enthusiasm. I wholly enjoyed my visit to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. The "2 SR-71s" you mentioned were awesome to see, though one of them was actually a YF-12A (interceptor variant). As for your judgment on the museum not having a space shuttle: I think having the bomber that ended WWII and the plane that carried Kennedy's body back from Dallas is just as, if not, more impressive.

  • @timboju
    @timboju Před 2 lety +147

    I built a model of the Valkyrie in the mid-70s'. It was a huge box with a huge picture of the Valkarie. It caught my eye immediately at the toy store and I begged my dad for it.
    It was the easiest model to build...2 huge wings, 2 huge tailfins and a 2 piece fuselage. The hardest part was not getting glue on the huge windshields.

    • @leothelion9124
      @leothelion9124 Před 2 lety +5

      Huge box, but the model itself was probably about 4 inches long.

    • @jewwyjones9760
      @jewwyjones9760 Před rokem +1

      Nice!, my first model was a Bell X1 from a yard sale my dad bought for me and we put it together, oh memories

    • @aaaeee2862
      @aaaeee2862 Před rokem +1

      Mine was an F-105 Thunderchief.1980 🤗

    • @mw4992
      @mw4992 Před rokem +1

      Same! One of the first airplane models I built, my first use of Testors flat black paint came out great! That and an F-111 swing-wing were two of my favorites.

    • @marc2638
      @marc2638 Před rokem

      So skill level 1 lol

  • @lpg12338
    @lpg12338 Před 2 lety

    Interesting video, thanks for sharing, subscribed!

  • @williamcoffman7149
    @williamcoffman7149 Před rokem

    id seen that xb70 in dayton, ohio in 2022 and was a awsome sight to see in person...certainly one that i hope to remember and someday revisit again...

  • @3-2-1-.
    @3-2-1-. Před 2 lety +7

    I grew up 20 miles from the United States Air Force Museum in Fairborn, Ohio. As a kid in the 70's, I went to this museum many times. The Valkyrie used to be parked outside in front for years. The weather was not kind to it, so they raised the money and took it to the other side of Wright Patterson Air Force Base, and restored it. The USAF museum group raised funds to build a new hangar for experimental aircraft, and the Valkyrie is the cornerstone exhibit. It is awesome to behold, even today! If you've never been to this museum, and you like aircraft, it is a must see!
    Free to all, and open almost all year. They also have one of the first IMAX movie theaters. It would take you several days to see it all.

  • @rdaystrom4540
    @rdaystrom4540 Před 2 lety +13

    I have been lucky enough to see the XB70. I photographed it, touched it, and stood there in awe as I read the specs and admired the fantastic engineering. It's my favorite plane.

  • @btwstr220
    @btwstr220 Před rokem

    the most beautiful that I have seen from the airships, grace and rigor

  • @Thousand_yard_King
    @Thousand_yard_King Před 8 měsíci +1

    I spent years walking over the crash site trying to reassemble it in my mind to figure out exactly the sequence of events. Seemed such a major loss to me, I had to investigate to understand.

  • @maxmad1078
    @maxmad1078 Před 2 lety +704

    What a beast...incredible.
    The cold war made unbelievable progress in technology. You see the plane, you understand the madness of those time... mach 3 for such a massive plane

    • @RH_UU
      @RH_UU Před 2 lety +19

      Well technology always advance fastest during wars since there's really need for it.

    • @brendanh8978
      @brendanh8978 Před 2 lety +37

      Consider what airplanes looked like in WWII, just twenty years earlier, and then compare that to this or an SR71. Now think about the same changes in the last 20 years in almost anything.
      The only field humanity has advanced on at any great pace in the last 40 years is information technology. The rest of human endeavors have been almost stagnant.
      I keep waiting for the next new technology like jet engines, nuclear power, or the internal combustion engine that will vault us forward again, but I seem to be waiting in vain.
      Maybe all the low hanging fruit has been picked, and there just aren't any more easy gains to be had.

    • @davminks
      @davminks Před 2 lety +5

      Just imagine what kind of crazy secret tech is being worked in today

    • @JTR253
      @JTR253 Před 2 lety +9

      @@brendanh8978 I guess that wheels have stagnated once it was discovered that round was the way to go on your chariot.
      You can only do so much with an aircraft before you are left with small upgrades like inlets or composite body material. The B-1 design was actually the German design for their purported German bomber that would have bombed New York with a nuke if it was available by 1946.
      We do have made a lot of progress in computing in the last decade itself.

    • @Dualities
      @Dualities Před 2 lety +5

      just imagine if they would put that money into people not war

  • @MM_in_Havasu
    @MM_in_Havasu Před 2 lety +139

    I was privileged as a wide-eyed and totally blown away 8 year old boy(I'm 64 now)to have seen this aircraft fly in an air show at Edwards AFB in early to mid-1966, just remember it being absolutely huge and one of the loudest aircraft I ever remembered hearing, even louder than the B-58 Hustler that was flying chase with it. This thing was one badass m'f'r.
    I'm glad the remaining plane was saved in the USAF museum for future generations to ogle at.

    • @gautumbuddhabuddha8234
      @gautumbuddhabuddha8234 Před 2 lety +1

      CHINA INVENTED AN ANTI STEALTH QUANTUM RADAR THAT CAN EASILY DETECT US F 35 F 22 RAPTOR AND B 2 SPIRIT BOMBER STEALTH FIGHTER JETS 👉 NOW US WILL NEVER TRY TO SEND ITS SO CALLED STEALTH FIGHTER JETS INTO CHINESE AIRSPACE 😭😭😭

    • @liddz434
      @liddz434 Před 2 lety

      Wow, that would’ve been something to see alright! Lucky you

    • @gautumbuddhabuddha8234
      @gautumbuddhabuddha8234 Před 2 lety

      NEVER BUY F 35
      F 35 IS CALLED LIGHTENING BECAUSE IT CRASHES DUE TO LIGHTENING IN BAD WEATHER ☁️

    • @awing6819
      @awing6819 Před 2 lety +8

      @@gautumbuddhabuddha8234 It’s called the “lightning II” actually, and it’s named after the P-38 Lightning of the Second World War.

    • @awing6819
      @awing6819 Před 2 lety +7

      I know he’s trolling, but he should at least troll correctly.

  • @1caleb7walker71
    @1caleb7walker71 Před 2 lety +2

    I’ve seen it the museum is absolutely massive nothing less then rad

  • @AADefenceOne
    @AADefenceOne Před rokem

    From the front looks like a Concorde. Absolutely beautiful!

  • @steveshoemaker6347
    @steveshoemaker6347 Před 2 lety +25

    l know this aircraft well l am in my 80's now.....Thanks for showing this awesome plane once more......!

  • @dwaynedonnelly
    @dwaynedonnelly Před 2 lety +354

    Fascinating to look back at this time and think about the incredible advances in air and space technology, all done with a slide ruler.

    • @magatrone100
      @magatrone100 Před 2 lety +14

      Shows it’s about time we got our shit together and started making space a reality with the level of tech we have compared to these innovators

    • @UhYeahWhateverDude
      @UhYeahWhateverDude Před 2 lety +4

      Hahaha...1964 wasn't quite THAT bad, but I get the gist.

    • @MrPLC999
      @MrPLC999 Před 2 lety +4

      Extensive research data from the Valkyrie project helped convince Boeing that supersonic passenger aircraft were economically unworkable, resulting in the cancellation of their 2707 supersonic design project in 1971.
      Of course, some holdouts will predictably claim that the British/French Concorde has demonstrated otherwise. But consider that a round trip ticket from New York to London cost the equivalent of $13,000 in today's money. Now go ahead and tell me that's perfectly workable. And where are the Concorde's today?
      Yes, Boeing was right, and they were right again about the 4-engine jumbo jet. The 747 was one of the most profitable aircraft ever built, while the A380 has proven to be the greatest single financial mistake in the history of air transport.

    • @arthas640
      @arthas640 Před 2 lety

      @@MrPLC999 the Concord was never practical and always struggled, it was only ever a fraction as widespread as expected and it was mainly restricted on france-US or UK-US flights and never got widespread use, mainly because it was so imprafically expected only american and european millionaires could afford to buy a ticket to one of its few destinations.

    • @arthas640
      @arthas640 Před 2 lety

      @@MrPLC999 yeah the french have only managed to produce something like 10% the number they'd planned on with the A380

  • @U2EdgeFan
    @U2EdgeFan Před rokem

    The design is still breathtaking 👍😎

  • @marcusmanfrini5480
    @marcusmanfrini5480 Před rokem +2

    Obra prima de engenharia 👍👏👏👏Gasta um jogo de pneus cada vez que aterrissa, sem outra chance

  • @gilreeve4035
    @gilreeve4035 Před 2 lety +27

    This is the one plane that truly stood out in my memory from my visit to the Dayton Air Force museum. Amazing technological achievement!

  • @blech71
    @blech71 Před 2 lety +27

    My wife’s grandfather was one of the architects on this one along with the B-29 and OV-10 among others. This was his favorite. He was in airfoil(wing) design team.
    I wasn’t around when they did testing within R2508 but that would’ve been a cool sight to test with them.
    Before he passed away we would visit him in Columbus Oh and we would go look at the one at the museum and he would point out and share all types of info not many knew. Very cool to get an inside view on this beautiful A/C.

    • @forceplayer98ka56
      @forceplayer98ka56 Před 10 měsíci +1

      I just went to the museum this past weekend and by far it was my favorite plane. thats really cool that you had someone who could really tell you the stories of this beast. may he Rest In Peace 🙏

  • @chikomborerochigorimbo

    The XB-70 was truly beautiful.
    -
    There’s an elegant yet eerily destructive nature to it.

  • @45Rand0m
    @45Rand0m Před rokem

    I've seen this in the museum several times. Its amazing

  • @LFOVCF
    @LFOVCF Před 2 lety +107

    It astounds me that this plane was invented just after the war. Aircraft technology made huge leaps since the advent of jet engines.
    He said about doing Mach 3 in 1966, the year I was born, and to think this space age monster, had been going a few years before I was born. It's incredible considering there was no computer simulations etc to test the aerodynamics or handling.

    • @brucebehner4142
      @brucebehner4142 Před 2 lety +15

      Yea, test pilots back then had true balls of steel. These were the guys that were second bench to the space shuttle program. Tough as grit.

    • @scottashe984
      @scottashe984 Před 2 lety +4

      @@winternow2242 Playing video games

    • @user-kg1dn8gn9d
      @user-kg1dn8gn9d Před 2 lety +8

      Здравствуй. Меня раздражает только одно, чего могли бы добиться люди, не пытаясь убить друг друга, а работая на благо всего человечества. Наверное мы как цивилизация, уже бы осваивали и изучали другие планеты.

    • @lonewolf36s
      @lonewolf36s Před 2 lety +1

      Nothing produces more outcomes both for & against humanity, than necessity combined w/ a common enemy. It's our greatest paradox.
      Regardless, I'd like to hope our military keeps a few of these (and other things), hidden in the underground hangars.
      Incredible genius level engineers existed en masse once. That day is long gone. Devolution is evolution's greatest enemy. 2022... here .. we .. come

    • @wongalahara8196
      @wongalahara8196 Před 2 lety +1

      @@lonewolf36s lol what? Engineers today are more ahead of engineers from the 60s.

  • @DaveWrightKB9MNM
    @DaveWrightKB9MNM Před 2 lety +38

    I grew up spending my summers in the family wagon making the trek to WPAFB for the annual museum trip. The Valkyrie was the centerpiece of the museum when there was one building and everything was outside. I never have seen any footage of it flying until now, so this was a real treat!

    • @chrissarvello6852
      @chrissarvello6852 Před 2 lety +2

      I don’t know how many times I’ve been there. Never gets old.

  • @stratovani
    @stratovani Před 2 lety

    Such a beautiful and elegant plane. I must go see it someday.

  • @GodBeluga
    @GodBeluga Před 2 lety

    I still have one of these. Really capable machine.

  • @Jin-Ro
    @Jin-Ro Před 2 lety +26

    The US build some beautiful planes. SR71 is still my favourite. Even today it looks way ahead of the F-22

  • @etoineschrdlu9382
    @etoineschrdlu9382 Před 2 lety +209

    "...that you never heard about."
    That is unless you were alive in the '60s. I grew up near Dayton, Ohio and I actually did see the one remaining XB-70 fly over my home town when it was transported to the US Air Force Museum. I just happened to be in the right place at the right time with my dad and his coworkers on the top floor of their office building and we all saw it fly past at low speed about a mile or two away. The plane had been highly publicised, so we all knew what is was.

    • @coobk373
      @coobk373 Před 2 lety

      or just watched mistards video about the MiG 25 foxbat

    • @djkekkeroni4572
      @djkekkeroni4572 Před 2 lety +2

      I really enjoy reading this kind of stories on CZcams where people just tell about the cool things that happened in their past. Very wholesome

    • @Bateman0983
      @Bateman0983 Před 2 lety

      I grew up much later, but learned about It as part of a documentry on the SR-71.

    • @coc_is_me
      @coc_is_me Před 2 lety +1

      Or have any kind of interest in planes…

    • @rjbrown6942
      @rjbrown6942 Před 2 lety +1

      I'm from New York me and my family were visiting family in Dayton and we stop on a rd and got to see what I think was an sr71 land.

  • @ValhallaBeckons
    @ValhallaBeckons Před rokem +1

    Gods, what a machine. She's incredible up close.

  • @deniseb3897
    @deniseb3897 Před 2 lety +10

    My oldest brother, Don, was a big fan of the Valkyrie. Back in 1990 we drove from Waco, Tx all of the way to Dayton, Ohio specifically to see it in person. It did not disappoint us. Huge and gorgeous. Watching the video it said that one of the reasons it was canceled was because the surface to air missiles could shoot it down. But I have read through the years that whenever the SR-71 detected a missile launch directed toward it, it simply accelerated away from the threat. They were both Mach 3 aircraft so I don't understand why that wouldn't work for the XB-70 also. Anyway, I always enjoy any video about what I consider the sexiest and most impressive plane ever.

    • @Anonymus365
      @Anonymus365 Před 2 lety +3

      This is a bomber designed to carry nuclear payload, made during a time when rockets weren't "in". That's why it was discontinued. SR-71 had reconnaissance uses wheres this was strictly a bomber that was useless now that nuclear payload could be delivered to point by target (both faster and cheaper)

    • @joevarga5982
      @joevarga5982 Před rokem

      The XB-70 became obsolete with ICBM's.

  • @frankiecrocker
    @frankiecrocker Před 2 lety +38

    One of my favorite episodes of the documentary "Wings" was about the Valkyrie. A beautiful bird still to this day! I'll definitely plan a visit to Dayton to see her.

    • @Jessikitty2020
      @Jessikitty2020 Před 2 lety

      Worth the trip. I’ve been visiting since the early 70s.

    • @SunnyFLBoy
      @SunnyFLBoy Před 2 lety

      @@Jessikitty2020 every year?

    • @Jessikitty2020
      @Jessikitty2020 Před 2 lety

      @@SunnyFLBoy not quite but as often as I can. Twice this year and probably one more time.

    • @SunnyFLBoy
      @SunnyFLBoy Před 2 lety

      @@Jessikitty2020 but it's all the same. Why do you go so often?

    • @Jessikitty2020
      @Jessikitty2020 Před 2 lety

      @@SunnyFLBoy its not all the same. They add exhibits and move exhibits all the time.

  • @render8
    @render8 Před 2 lety +30

    Have seen this plane twice in my life, as a kid around 12 yrs and again at 43, at Dayton... Left me speechless both times, just incredible. 🤯 🇺🇸👍

  • @fidelmontollaiii7866
    @fidelmontollaiii7866 Před 11 měsíci

    Pure elegance, I would love to see it in person.

  • @billb89
    @billb89 Před rokem

    Nice to see the hangar I used to work out of again.

  • @BlackTigerAP
    @BlackTigerAP Před 2 lety +198

    The Cold War was a bad idea in general... But, damn, some 'results' are just amazingly beautiful!

    • @captin3149
      @captin3149 Před 2 lety +15

      It's a sad truth that war and threat of war are responsible for many of our technological advancements as well as the accelerated development of them.

    • @itsrockyiv8209
      @itsrockyiv8209 Před 2 lety +4

      Cap Tin beat me to it but I'm gonna say it anyway, war is terrible for human life but great for technological advances.

    • @enki647
      @enki647 Před 2 lety

      Yes what a brilliant use of public money

    • @matty6848
      @matty6848 Před 2 lety

      It’s like us in the U.K we produced the Vulcan high speed bomber to counter the threat from Russia. Thankfully it was never used in war which was a good thing I suppose. We used them once in the Falkland war where the prices effective, but thankfully never to carry a nuclear payload…

    • @pragmaticskeptic
      @pragmaticskeptic Před 2 lety +6

      Better than a hot war! MAD worked!

  • @blankblank4642
    @blankblank4642 Před 2 lety +63

    I've known of this for years, one of the most beautiful aircraft ever built.

    • @margaret3486
      @margaret3486 Před 2 lety

      Its named after Nodic females spirits,a womam.. So yeah beautiful, strong and fast.

    • @topfitnessssss
      @topfitnessssss Před 2 lety +1

      The SR-71 was even more beautiful to look at ..

    • @margaret3486
      @margaret3486 Před 2 lety

      @@winternow2242 do you know if any badass planes are named after a man.

    • @margaret3486
      @margaret3486 Před 2 lety +1

      @@winternow2242 no its a descriptive word to me. I didn't ask for an English lesson. But thanks for answering my question!

    • @mechanomics2649
      @mechanomics2649 Před 2 lety +1

      @@margaret3486 While great, it's not really accurate. Valkyrie descended on the battlefield to take the souls of brave warriors to Valhalla.

  • @djpalindrome
    @djpalindrome Před rokem

    Beautiful - fast - decades ahead of its time

  • @kaiserY
    @kaiserY Před rokem

    One of the most beautiful aircraft like a true Valkyrie.

  • @mazharkhan9595
    @mazharkhan9595 Před 2 lety +41

    An engineering marvel i must say. Imagine having modern-day capabilities with a similar design. What a beast. American military tech always had a special design aesthetic to it.

    • @arfmf
      @arfmf Před 2 lety +4

      This is more German design than anything else... Nazi engineers from the V2 era

    • @HighlanderNorth1
      @HighlanderNorth1 Před 2 lety +6

      @@arfmf
      Huh? This was designed using engineering that the Nazis hadn't yet begun to fathom in the early 40s.

    • @gautumbuddhabuddha8234
      @gautumbuddhabuddha8234 Před 2 lety

      NEVER BUY F 35
      F 35 IS CALLED LIGHTENING BECAUSE IT CRASHES DUE TO LIGHTENING IN BAD WEATHER ☁️

    • @krashd
      @krashd Před 2 lety

      @@HighlanderNorth1 Because the same Nazis wouldn't come up with it until the 1950's when they were captives of the US.

  • @streetDAOC
    @streetDAOC Před 2 lety +50

    Intern: how many engines we need?
    Engineer: yes.

    • @donrosario3
      @donrosario3 Před 2 lety

      lol

    • @Andrew-en4zx
      @Andrew-en4zx Před 2 lety

      Engineer: All of them.

    • @funn104
      @funn104 Před 2 lety

      but the plane it was supposed to replace had 2 MORE engines over this one.

  • @Pickledog2005
    @Pickledog2005 Před 2 lety +1

    damn, these ksp visual mods looking good

  • @djones1770
    @djones1770 Před rokem +1

    This is one of the planes of all time 😍

  • @shenmisheshou7002
    @shenmisheshou7002 Před 2 lety +13

    An amazing aircraft. We learned a great deal from it.

  • @manny75586
    @manny75586 Před 2 lety

    That plane is wild looking.
    The Blackbird SR-71 is still the fastest plane ever and my favorite. Mach 3.3

  • @riflebird4842
    @riflebird4842 Před 2 lety

    Looks stunning

  • @privateuser77
    @privateuser77 Před 2 lety +8

    I just saw this beautiful plane at the Air Force Museum and its a true wonder. Just a stunning plane.

  • @93sundance
    @93sundance Před 2 lety +33

    Saw this at the Museum around 1976, it was parked outside back then. Saw it again in 1993 just before I enlisted and once more in 2004. It's quite a sight.

    • @anonymoustoo4945
      @anonymoustoo4945 Před 2 lety

      exactly .. this is NOT new technology

    • @stevenmassey7586
      @stevenmassey7586 Před 2 lety

      There is a SR71 at the Huntsville rocket center in Alabama. Where they have a space shuttle as well as space camp . They have a couple used and recovered fuel tanks displayed with the shuttle. And if course several rockets including a Saturn 5 . The rocket secret is cool did you ever get a chance to stop by !

  • @SPak-rt2gb
    @SPak-rt2gb Před 2 lety

    I heard about it even got to see it fly back when I was 7 years old at the 1964 Edwards AFB airshow it had a TB-58 Hustler flying with it.

  • @manhalen7046
    @manhalen7046 Před 2 lety

    Ive seen that at the wright patterson museum and yes, its awesome.

  • @seanlanglois9735
    @seanlanglois9735 Před 2 lety +18

    Ive seen this one in person, its amazing and the museum is a lot of fun

  • @gregstillman5197
    @gregstillman5197 Před 2 lety +9

    I saw one take off from Edwards AFB at an air show in, like, 1965 or 1966. It was spectacular; i think i read somewhere that the cockpit was three stories in the air before the rear wheel left the ground.

  • @stefphoenix9642
    @stefphoenix9642 Před 5 měsíci

    the most craziest plane ever build and a beautifull huge beast it is looks like a space ship

  • @davidpesekmuller3883
    @davidpesekmuller3883 Před 2 lety +39

    Aaa so THIS was the inspiration for the Valkyrie shuttle in Avatar! It's basically this aircraft without the front hull section.. I always loved the design of that aircraft 👌

  • @DexterSkelter
    @DexterSkelter Před 2 lety +12

    One of the most impressive aircraft I ever seen.
    It goes directly to my favorite list's of aircraft.
    With the wonderful SR-71/A12, the B2, the F117, F14 Tomcat, Raptor, Concorde and the Tupolev 144.

    • @andyfletcher3561
      @andyfletcher3561 Před 2 lety

      I've been privileged to see the SR-71 fly more times I feel, than any man has a right to. Favorite times were dusk and dawn. Also witnessed the roll out and maiden flight of the B-2.

    • @krashd
      @krashd Před 2 lety

      Surprised not to see the Vulcan in there.

  • @dand8538
    @dand8538 Před rokem

    I did know about this plane. What a beautiful plane.

  • @AJ1990.
    @AJ1990. Před rokem

    It's a truly beautiful aircraft

  • @michaeltipton5500
    @michaeltipton5500 Před 2 lety +46

    Having been in the Air Force for 20 years I was totally aware of this plane. While it didn't go into production lessons were learns from it and it contributed to future aircraft development.

    • @user-fm8zd3or8m
      @user-fm8zd3or8m Před 2 lety +2

      Поэтому ту160 лучше, как все советские и российские самолеты

    • @SparKOps
      @SparKOps Před 2 lety +1

      @@user-fm8zd3or8m нет. 😂 🇺🇸

    • @I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music
      @I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music Před 2 lety +1

      How much did the total program cost?

    • @OpenGL4ever
      @OpenGL4ever Před 2 lety +2

      @@user-fm8zd3or8m Yes, what you said is true. *Russia has the fastest and most powerful military aircrafts in the world.* The US does have poor, slow, old and none-powerful military aircrafts. In a direct battle, Russia would win within seconds. All American military aircrafts would fall from the sky, just by seeing the power Russian airforce.
      Dear Amiercans, don't tell him this:
      “Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.”
      ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
      “All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.”
      ― Sun tzu, The Art of War
      Greetings from Germany, a member of the NATO.

    • @brooksmiller5597
      @brooksmiller5597 Před 2 lety

      Why were there *SO MANY* air force vets at jan 6th? Don't you guys pledge an oath to protect the constitution or something?

  • @bossmoss90
    @bossmoss90 Před 2 lety +16

    I’ve been fortunate to visit the Air Force museum in Dayton, this plane is quite incredible to see in person. Very unique and quite large.

  • @Dolcedio
    @Dolcedio Před rokem

    Wow this plane is so I'm just in amazement!

  • @ntuthukongubane3560
    @ntuthukongubane3560 Před rokem

    I love it's that aeroplane and congratulations to you guys and l am really miss that about the new aeroplane with bomber aircraft military airforce wow that very incredible to you guys 🤙🤙🤙🤙

  • @zombiegeorge749
    @zombiegeorge749 Před 2 lety +10

    I admire how ever built it is.

  • @HappisakVideos
    @HappisakVideos Před 2 lety +7

    Humming the Thunderbirds theme as it rolls out of the hangar.

    • @andrewanderson5297
      @andrewanderson5297 Před 2 lety +1

      FAB

    • @davidbarnsley8486
      @davidbarnsley8486 Před 2 lety

      I was thinking did the designer watch thunderbirds or did thunder birds see this and think yes let’s have one of those 👍👍

  • @riptide6161
    @riptide6161 Před 2 lety

    Nice historical vid.

  • @donaldlee4202
    @donaldlee4202 Před 2 lety +1

    Futuristic👍

  • @andrewschwartz_
    @andrewschwartz_ Před 2 lety +51

    My great grandfather was Harrison Storms, Chief engineer of the XB-70 and X-15. Super cool video, really enjoyed learning about the history and background of this aircraft.

    • @pmudri
      @pmudri Před 2 lety +12

      Turns out every other commenter had a grandfather working on this project

    • @TheCarsche
      @TheCarsche Před 2 lety +2

      Andrew, you certainly do have a reason to be very proud of your great grandfather

    • @Somebody-Somewhere-
      @Somebody-Somewhere- Před 2 lety

      BS!

    • @cricanwa
      @cricanwa Před 2 lety

      Stormy?

    • @fastfreddy5874
      @fastfreddy5874 Před rokem +1

      There is a great book out about him. Angle of attack; Harrison Storms and the race for the Moon. A must read. I believe he was the scapegoat for the Apollo 1 fire that killed 3 Astronauts. NASA was trying to do to much too fast and tragedy happened as it does. Fill a small capsule with flammable items and then have an atmosphere of 100% oxygen, against warnings from NAA and others, in a very new untested vehicle! What could go wrong did! Now, who do we blame? Not NASA, don't bite the hands that are feeding you, so bye bye Mr. Storms and others. Sad, but nothing new in any large Corporation.

  • @MandoMTL
    @MandoMTL Před 2 lety +23

    Seeing crewmen next to it truly highlights how monstrous it is.

    • @flyinryan1459
      @flyinryan1459 Před 2 lety

      I've been to the air force museum where it's at, it truly is a monstrosity

  • @Watch_ya_Tone
    @Watch_ya_Tone Před 2 lety

    Wow the YF-23 @2:49... amazing

  • @carguygibby
    @carguygibby Před 6 měsíci

    Saw it recently at the USAF museum in Dayton, Ohio. What an incredible aircraft!😮

  • @dabcorn
    @dabcorn Před 2 lety +76

    you know what 'chaps my hide'? When someone makes the blanket statement ..."that you never heard about". I actually built a model kit of this aircraft in like 1965. It had these cool, clear red plastic afterburner flames!

    • @st3524
      @st3524 Před 2 lety +2

      Boomer

    • @surreygeorge11
      @surreygeorge11 Před 2 lety +2

      I built the same model, about the same time. I thought it looked pretty cool, but probably too expensive.

    • @markwagner1997
      @markwagner1997 Před 2 lety +1

      I had one too...but it didn't have the afterburner pieces.
      The model was quite large...almost 15" long. Wish I knew what happened to it!

    • @surreygeorge11
      @surreygeorge11 Před 2 lety

      @@markwagner1997 I think mine was the same one. I tried to put on the decals, but made a big mess. I ended up painting it blue with orange highlights. No decs

    • @gautumbuddhabuddha8234
      @gautumbuddhabuddha8234 Před 2 lety

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  • @ronskancke1489
    @ronskancke1489 Před 2 lety +135

    Built for the most insane mission ever imagined.

    • @Lykapodium
      @Lykapodium Před 2 lety +40

      You mean the colonoscopy Joe Biden just underwent?

    • @joseruiz4026
      @joseruiz4026 Před 2 lety +21

      It melted once it got within 6 inches from his colon, couldn’t get past the diaper fiber barrier

    • @Lykapodium
      @Lykapodium Před 2 lety +2

      @@joseruiz4026 Epic! They used that metal on the nose cone of the Space Shuttle, it's known as Hafnium Carbide.

    • @gautumbuddhabuddha8234
      @gautumbuddhabuddha8234 Před 2 lety

      CHINA INVENTED AN ANTI STEALTH QUANTUM RADAR THAT CAN EASILY DETECT US F 35 F 22 RAPTOR AND B 2 SPIRIT BOMBER STEALTH FIGHTER JETS 👉 NOW US WILL NEVER TRY TO SEND ITS SO CALLED STEALTH FIGHTER JETS INTO CHINESE AIRSPACE 😭😭😭

    • @james112680
      @james112680 Před 2 lety +4

      @@gautumbuddhabuddha8234 so how does that work?

  • @str4in
    @str4in Před 2 lety

    Video's Mach 3 Super Bomber built ever great !

  • @DomZa100
    @DomZa100 Před 10 měsíci

    insane project

  • @BigMacProDaddy
    @BigMacProDaddy Před 2 lety +47

    amazing that the B52 was built 50 years after the Wright brothers flew and is still flying and expected to fly for forty more, and this plane was flying only ten years later after the B52

    • @SG13232
      @SG13232 Před 2 lety +1

      @@user-rb2re7ls6e believing too much in a god

    • @SG13232
      @SG13232 Před 2 lety +2

      @@user-rb2re7ls6e no. The idea of god has caused many conflicts throughout history.

    • @agentmueller
      @agentmueller Před 2 lety +6

      @@user-rb2re7ls6e Unrelated, but isn’t the fact we can hit translate under our comments in real time, extremely cool as it bridges the gap between our language barriers that have existed for millennia..? What a time to be alive, as long as we don’t destroy each other, our future will be almost indescribable for us to imagine today.

    • @Steamerbeen
      @Steamerbeen Před 2 lety

      Ppl have brains back then.

    • @SG13232
      @SG13232 Před 2 lety

      @@user-rb2re7ls6e fair enough, have a nice day

  • @aloysiusbelisarius9992
    @aloysiusbelisarius9992 Před 2 lety +145

    So nice to see video footage of this plane, even though I already knew of its history. There is in fact one bit of historical fact this video didn't cover: The long-reaching effects of the plane. It touched on its influence in American military applications, but not the Soviet ones. It was because of the threat of this bomber's development that the Soviets pressured the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau to build a plane that was supposed to catch this bomber. Even though the U.S. Congress ended up doing the killing for them, the Soviets put that plane into service, as the MiG-25 Foxbat-quite possibly the scariest airplane the Soviets ever developed (not so much for its abilities, though, as the mystery they kept it shrouded in).

    • @captin3149
      @captin3149 Před 2 lety +2

      I knew of the Valkyrie, but I didn't know there was still a surviving prototype. I thought they only ever built a couple of them and they were later scrapped.

    • @silaskuemmerle2505
      @silaskuemmerle2505 Před 2 lety +3

      @@captin3149 they built 2 and one crashed. The B-70 was the first development aircraft that didn’t suffer the fate of being scrapped after the Air Force was done with it.

    • @bilbobaggins5962
      @bilbobaggins5962 Před 2 lety +1

      lmfao..MiG-25 is russian crap.

    • @silaskuemmerle2505
      @silaskuemmerle2505 Před 2 lety +3

      @@bilbobaggins5962 Russian yes, crap probably not. Do not sell their equipment short, if it was enough to scare the shit out of the DoD, it was probably at least a passable piece of equipment.

    • @aloysiusbelisarius9992
      @aloysiusbelisarius9992 Před 2 lety +4

      @@bilbobaggins5962 Very true, especially compared to stuff we built out of fear for it. But we didn't know that until September 6, 1976. In one regard, one that would not normally be considered with this sort of weapon, it was very effective as a propaganda tool until that fateful date.

  • @tramlad2
    @tramlad2 Před 2 lety

    Beautiful elegant looking plane, still looks modern today

  • @dexter27081984
    @dexter27081984 Před rokem

    absolutely beautiful machine

  • @salmansyed6206
    @salmansyed6206 Před 2 lety +12

    Always get fundamentally impressed while watching that thing piercing air at jaw dropping speed. What an aircraft that was. I should have been born in American during 50s to witness such advancements in air warfare. Love it.

  • @jrthiker9908
    @jrthiker9908 Před 2 lety +11

    Spectacular plane, one of the most beautiful every built, and worth the visit to Dayton just to see it in the Air Force Museum. Up close it's mind-blowing and huge. And unless they've changed the exhibit, you can walk right under and around it to see it up close.

    • @blessinggull2503
      @blessinggull2503 Před 2 lety +1

      They haven't, i live near they have added alot of aircraft and other attractions recently

    • @jrthiker9908
      @jrthiker9908 Před 2 lety

      @@blessinggull2503 Great to know, thanks! Now I want to stop and make another visit next time I'm in the area.

  • @uptown660
    @uptown660 Před 2 lety

    That thing is awesome...

  • @Journeyofourlife436
    @Journeyofourlife436 Před 2 lety

    what a beautiful aircraft

  • @danielbolam5387
    @danielbolam5387 Před 2 lety +4

    Ive built a 1/72 XB-70 and it it truely massive and stunning, it looks like something straight out of thunderbirds

  • @TheMuro22
    @TheMuro22 Před 2 lety +8

    I heard about it some time ago, but if I've seen it now for the first time, I would definitely date it as an 80's design. Incredible

  • @mitsos306ify
    @mitsos306ify Před 2 lety

    What a magnificent machine...!

  • @serba_serbi
    @serba_serbi Před rokem

    Technological developments are very fast, transportation and super-sophisticated equipment are created in superhuman life..👍👍

  • @Gregc63
    @Gregc63 Před 2 lety +13

    I have touched that airplane!
    I grew up in Dayton and my father was an aeronautical engineer at area B at WPAFB. Spent a lot of time at the USAF Museum. Along with the SR-71, one of the most beautiful aircraft ever built and flown.

    • @bg45420
      @bg45420 Před 2 lety +1

      The tires always had a silver metallic look to them. It is one of my favorite airplanes at the museum.

    • @timmayer8723
      @timmayer8723 Před 2 lety +1

      There are several SR-71s on display in Southern California. For free. The display aircraft are inside a chained off area, once you pass through the gift shop you can touch any part of the plane you can reach. Where the inner workings are visible you realize how utterly complex these planes were. All the men who flew these spy planes were also astronauts.

    • @bg45420
      @bg45420 Před 2 lety +1

      @@timmayer8723 there is a former sr71 pilot on CZcams that does public engagements, he tells some very interesting stories. The USAF museum is free also. Which is awesome considering the size and beauty of it. Not being able to get close to or touch the exhibits can be annoying but I understand why. We were disappointed when we didn't get a space shuttle. But after speaking with someone who had seen one, they are roped off displays. What we got here was a replica of the nose that was used for training. The museum had an exhibit constructed around it that resembles the cargo bay and contains hands on exhibits. If you are ever in Dayton, I highly recommend it.

    • @gautumbuddhabuddha8234
      @gautumbuddhabuddha8234 Před 2 lety

      NEVER BUY US FIGHTER JETS
      US FIGHTER JETS DON'T HAVE TOILET IN IT 👉 PILOTS POOPED IN SHOPPING BAGS AND THROW IT ON AMERICAN PEOPLE 👉👈👇

    • @tyjomello
      @tyjomello Před 2 lety

      Worked at the whole base for about 8 months. Got to see alot. One of my favorites areas to work in was the museum.

  • @sameerthakur720
    @sameerthakur720 Před 2 lety +19

    Looks somewhat like a Klingon Bird of Prey.