The North American XB-70 Valkyrie, a Cold War-era bomber, was a technological marvel designed to fly at Mach 3 and at 70,000 ...

Let's take a look at what was to be the ultimate high speed, high altitude and last manned strategic bomber: The XB-70 Valkyrie. An aircraft which still looks futuristic even today, the Valkyrie was a ...

The SR-71 Blackbird, B-1B bomber and other military aircraft can trace some aspects of their lineage to the XB-70 Valkyrie. Unfortunately, the XB-70 story doesn't have a happy ending. In 1966 ...

Named Valkyrie, after the female battle ... Dean Conger//Getty Images The X-15 Space Plane was typically launched from a B-52 bomber, as shown here, but it could have been carried by the XB ...

At the time, the primary strategic bomber in the U.S. arsenal ... cementing the Valkyrie’s status as one of the fastest manned aircraft ever built. Its ability to cruise at such velocities ...

Five years before Concorde’s first flight, another majestic supersonic aircraft took to the skies — and almost became the inspiration for an even faster passenger plane. It was the XB-70 ...

One such example is the XB-70 Valkyrie nuclear strike bomber. As reported by Mustard ... the largest and heaviest airplane to ever fly at speeds exceeding Mach 3. The Valkyrie was a marvel of ...

Although the XB-70 bomber program was terminated, the Valkyrie found new life as a research aircraft. Three drag chutes were needed to slow down the landing roll of the XB-70. (Image credit ...

But time waits for no man nor machine, and the Valkyrie was no exception. At the time, the primary threats a bomber faced during a mission were intercept fighters and anti-aircraft guns ...