And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Saturday, November 30, 2024
Reader Jim sent in this picture he took of the XB-70's bank of engines. Wow, what a line up of power! The power of thrust!
Complete details re. the surviving XB-70 from the USAF Museum up at Wright-Patt in Dayton, 87 hi-res pix - . Incredible details on the June 1966 test flight and GE-powered aircraft photo op mid-air that destroyed the only other XB-70 - .
Thanks for posting it! I first visited that museum in 1975 and it is awesome. I took that picture right after it was brought back into the gallery after getting a power wash this summer.
I remember seeing that plane in Ohio! Great museum and it's free too!
ReplyDeleteComplete details re. the surviving XB-70 from the USAF Museum up at Wright-Patt in Dayton, 87 hi-res pix - . Incredible details on the June 1966 test flight and GE-powered aircraft photo op mid-air that destroyed the only other XB-70 - .
ReplyDeletePower to cruise over mach 2 at 70,000 ft.
ReplyDeleteNow that's what I call a six pack!
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting it! I first visited that museum in 1975 and it is awesome. I took that picture right after it was brought back into the gallery after getting a power wash this summer.
ReplyDelete30-06 average 2750 FPS...XB-70 fastest speed...2962.6 FPS.... 180gr VS 250 TONS...give or take a ton or two....
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