The North American XB-70 Valkyrie, often dubbed as a supersonic Cold War beast, emerged as a symbol of American aviation ...

Summary: The XB-70 was designed to be larger and faster than the B-52. It was 196 feet long, 31 feet tall at the tail, with a 105-foot wingspan, and powered by six turbojet engines. -It could reach ...

-Engineered to "ride" its own shockwave for fuel efficiency, the massive bomber was a technological masterpiece. However, its development coincided with the dawn of the "missile age." -The rise of ...

What You Need to Know: The North American XB-70 Valkyrie was an ambitious supersonic bomber designed to replace the B-52, capable of flying at Mach 3 and 70,000 feet. With six powerful engines and a ...

The Valkyrie was a plane decades ahead of its time, pushing the aeronautical engineering of the early 1960s well beyond what had been thought possible. It was even slated to become the world's first ...

It was the "largest and fastest bomber" that the US ever built, according to The National Interest. The XB-70 Valkyrie could cruise at Mach 3, riding its own shock wave to do so, and could hit ...

The aircraft close up for the photo shoot. For some reason, possibly having to do with unusual wind patterns in the XB-70's wake, the F-104 (orange tail), piloted by NASA Chief Test Pilot Joe Walker, ...

The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force recently towed the XB-70 Valkyrie bomber out of its hangar. The airplane is in such good condition that it looks like it could fly today. The XB-70 was one of ...