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North American XB-70 Valkyrie
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The North American Aviation XB-70 Valkyrie was the prototype version of the proposed B-70 nuclear-armed deep penetration bomber for the United States Air Force's Strategic Air Command. Designed in the late 1950s, the Valkyrie was a large six-engined aircraft able to fly Mach 3+ at an altitude of 70,000 ft (21,000 m), which would have allowed it to avoid interceptors, the only effective anti-bomber weapon at the time. Now retired, some examples are on display.
hehe cold war was hardcore
the name fits more on a nazi bomber :p
Yeah... Nordic mythology?
deep panitration hmm i wonder wht that exaactly means? =P
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I want one, yet I don't know if any survive today and are in flying condition...
Only 1 left.
so sad for a high tech bomber... would be great if they rebuilt that aircraft with today's tech...
Reminds me of the Concord (that French passenger plane).
They only built a few and one of their main prototypes broke up at high speeds in a mid air collision. En.wikipedia.org