Saturday, April 26, 2014

Holy smokes!


That is nasty!  Anyone know anything about this plane, or if it even really exists?  I found it on a tumblr without any explanation.

8 comments:

  1. Two were built, one still exists. One was destroyed in a mid-air collision with a chase plane during a test flight. The other is in the Air Force Museum at Dayton, OH. It is a VERY large aircraft.

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  2. Yep. What a tragedy.

    http://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/XB-70_crash_site.htm

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  3. XB-70 was supposed to be a strategic bomber with the speed, altitude, and range of the SR-71 or F-12.(Mach 3.5+) It was supposed to replace the B-52. Program got killed by Carter if I recall correctly. ---Ray

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  4. I have a photo of me standing next to the B-70 on the roll-out at North American Aviation (maybe North American Rockwell by then) in El Segundo, CA. My father worked for NAA, thus my brother and I were tagging along. I recall that each of the six engine nozzles were bigger around than I was tall at the time.

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  5. It scared the bejeezus out of the Soviets; the MiG-25 was built to oppose it. It was Robert McNamara who was primarily responsible for cancelling it.

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