2007年11月9日 · The folding wing tips on the XB-70 were mainly designed to increase directional stability during high-speed flight. The wing tips could be commanded to three positions: UP, …

2015年7月9日 · The XB-70 was test flown and retired more than 3 years before the T-4 first flew. Dimensionally it was about 30% larger with double the wing area and weighed almost 250,000 …

2006年12月6日 · The goal for the XB-70 program in it's final form was to demonstrate that a 500.000 lb frame could sustain M3 cruise at 70.000 ft. Remember, it was a project that had …

2015年10月5日 · There is a book called "Valkyrie North Americas Mach 3 Super Bomber"(Specialty Press). By Dennis R Jenkins and Tony R Landis, ISBN 9781580071307. In …

2004年10月15日 · The XB-70 had a bomb bay forward of the engines. The engine duct work wrapped around it. The doors would slide backwards instead of opening like a clamshell. I am …

2020年11月24日 · Stitch wrote:I think that is was more an attempt by North American Aviation to save the XB-70 program once Soviet high-altitude SAMs negated the primary mission of the …

This angle shows why the XB-70A Valkyrie was unofficially nicknamed 'Cecil' by her test crews after a children's tv cartoon character 'Cecil the Sea-Sick Sea Serpent'. - Photo taken at …

2006年12月10日 · The XB-70 uses an electrical throttle system, not an electronic engine control. In the initial design of the B-70, a conventional mechanical linkage between the cockpit and …

2008年6月17日 · I own a few books about the XB-70 Valkyrie, and in at least two of them I get conflicting information. One says that the B-70 was fitted with a variable-geometry inlet …

2014年3月22日 · Although some observers wondered if the Air Force was being entirely truthful about the XB-70's top speed, it was finally determined that too-thick paint caused by several re …