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The first XB-70 carried out its maiden flight in September 1964 and many more test flights followed. [71] The data from the XB-70 test flights and aerospace materials development were used in the later B-1 bomber program, the American supersonic transport (SST) program, and via espionage, the Soviet Union's Tupolev Tu-144 SST program. [72]
North American Aviation (NAA) was a major American aerospace manufacturer that designed and built several notable aircraft and spacecraft. Its products included the T-6 Texan trainer, the P-51 Mustang fighter, the B-25 Mitchell bomber, the F-86 Sabre jet fighter, the X-15 rocket plane, the XB-70 bomber, the B-1 Lancer, the Apollo command and service module, the second stage of the Saturn V ...
NASA used the pre-production XB-70 triple-sonic bomber prototype for high-speed research in the. 1960s. - NASA. The plane was born out of a competition between Boeing and North American Aviation ...
Curtiss BF2C Goshawk fighter-bomber: 1933 retired 1949: 166: Curtiss CS torpedo bomber: 1923 Retired: 83: Curtiss T-32 Condor II bomber/transport: 1933 Retired: 45: Douglas DT torpedo bomber: 1921 Retired: 90: Douglas B-18 Bolo medium bomber: 1935 retired 1946: 350: Douglas Y1B-7 heavy bomber: 1931 retired prototype: 8: Fokker XB-8 heavy bomber ...
The result would be an aircraft with somewhat higher subsonic speed than the B-52, but less range. Because of this, and a growing shift to the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) force, the B-70 bomber program was cancelled in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy, [10] [16] and the two XB-70 prototypes were used in a supersonic research ...
On June 8, 1966, he was the sole survivor of the mid-air collision that destroyed the XB-70 #2 prototype and killed his co-pilot, Major Carl Cross, USAF, and noted aviator Joe Walker. [2] White ejected from the XB-70, sustaining serious injuries, including one arm being crushed as it was caught in the clamshell-like escape capsule as it closed ...
The Mach 3 XB-70's two crew escape capsules did not work well the only time they were needed. On June 8, 1966, XB-70 airframe AV/2 was involved in a mid-air crash with an F-104 Starfighter. Maj. Carl Cross's seat was unable to retract backwards into the escape capsule due to high-g-forces as the plane spiraled downwards. He died in the crash. Maj.
B-58A: Three-seat medium-range strategic bomber aircraft; 86 built; TB-58A: Training aircraft, eight conversions from YB-58A; NB-58A: This designation was given to a YB-58A used to test the General Electric J93 engine, originally intended for the North American XB-70 Valkyrie Mach 3 bomber. RB-58A: Variant with ventral reconnaissance pod; 17 built