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    The North American Aviation XB-70 Valkyrie is a retired prototype version of the planned B-70 nuclear-armed, deep-penetration supersonic strategic bomber...
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    development costs, the program shared engine development with the North American XB-70 Valkyrie strategic bomber program, and used a number of elements of earlier...
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    was designed as the powerplant for both the North American XB-70 Valkyrie bomber and the North American XF-108 Rapier interceptor. The YJ93 was a single-shaft...
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  • experimental aircraft Kratos XQ-58 Valkyrie, an unmanned aircraft North American XB-70 Valkyrie, a bomber aircraft Project Valkyrie, a theoretical spacecraft Valkiri...
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    later used as a chase plane for the North American X-15, Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird and North American XB-70 Valkyrie test programs. It was flown by Joe...
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    such as the Mach 2+ Convair B-58 Hustler, the canceled Mach 3 North American XB-70 Valkyrie, the variable-geometry Rockwell B-1 Lancer, and the stealth...
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  • inspiration of the VF-1. When it came to naming "Valkyrie" was used as a tribute to the real world XB-70 Valkyrie, which was an experimental supersonic strategic...
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    Alvin S. White (category American test pilots)
    1918 – April 29, 2006) was an American test pilot and mechanical engineer. He flew the maiden flights of both XB-70 Valkyrie aircraft, the first 2,000 mph...
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  • revolutionary XB-70 Valkyrie Mach-3 strategic bomber, Shrike Commander, and T-39 Sabreliner business jet. The Columbus, Ohio division of North American Aviation...
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    cruiser HMS Hermes (horizontal fold) Sukhoi Su-33 at MAKS 2007 North American XB-70 Valkyrie Yakovlev Yak-38 Yakovlev Yak-141 Fairey Fulmar Fairey Firefly...
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    Joseph A. Walker (category 20th-century American physicists)
    when his F-104N Starfighter chase aircraft collided with a North American XB-70 Valkyrie. At an altitude of about 25,000 ft (7.6 km) Walker's Starfighter...
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    "true" supersonic designs include the F-104 Starfighter, MiG-31, North American XB-70 Valkyrie, SR-71 Blackbird, and BAC/Aérospatiale Concorde. Hypersonic...
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    designed and built which did not enter operational service: North American XB-70 Valkyrie Myasishchev M-50 Bounder Sukhoi T-4 Sotka BAC TSR-2 Boeing B-52...
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    The North American XB-21 (manufacturer's model designation NA-21) and sometimes referred to by the name "Dragon", was a prototype bomber aircraft developed...
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    (USA). EWR VJ 101 (1963) (Germany). BAC TSR-2 (1964) (UK). North American XB-70 Valkyrie (1964) (USA). Helwan HA-300 (1964) (Egypt). General Dynamics–Grumman...
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  • time-to-climb record holder McDonnell Douglas X-36 North American X-10 North American XB-70 Valkyrie 62‐001 Northrop Tacit Blue Northrop YF-23 87‐0800...
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    air-to-air missiles ever developed. The development of the Mach 3+ North American XB-70 Valkyrie threatened to make the entire interceptor and missile force...
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    supersonic canard delta designs, with some such as the North American XB-70 Valkyrie and the Soviet equivalent Sukhoi T-4 flying in prototype form. But the...
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    2009-07-01. Kawamori Shoji named his Valkyrie after the North American XB-70 Valkyrie experimental bomber. "Northrom VF-1A Valkyrie". Macross Mecha Manual. Retrieved...
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    Sukhoi T-4, that functioned as the Soviet counterpart to America's North American XB-70 Valkyrie. The T-4 featured a sizable droop nose, which completely...
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    by flying higher. This assumption was proven false when the North American XB-70 Valkyrie first flew, and it was found that the boom was a problem even...
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    four surviving Convair B-36 Peacemakers, the only surviving North American XB-70 Valkyrie and Bockscar—the Boeing B-29 Superfortress that dropped the...
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    Boeing B-47 Stratojet Boeing B-52 Stratofortress North American A-5 Vigilante North American XB-70 Valkyrie prototype Rockwell B-1 Lancer prototype Royal...
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    The operation of US military aircraft such as the Mach 3+ North American XB-70 Valkyrie prototypes and Convair B-58 Hustler strategic nuclear bomber...
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    control on the earliest of aircraft such as the Wright Flyer. The North American XB-70 Valkyrie raised and lowered its wingtips in flight to adjust its stability...
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    Balloon) Hughes 269a/TH-55 Osage Goat Airchair Citroën 2CV North American XB-70 Valkyrie North American X-15 A-10C Thunderbolt II Augusta Westland AW609 Airbus...
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    Starlifter, to the twin 65 feet (20 m) long, intakes on the North American XB-70 Valkyrie, each feeding three engines with an intake airflow of about...
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  • U.S. Army Aircraft 1908–1946. Michael J.H. Taylor, ed. (1991). Jane's American Fighting Aircraft of the 20th Century. New York, NY: Mallard Press....
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    bottle of oxygen, and a drogue chute.[citation needed] The North American XB-70 Valkyrie Mach 3 bomber prototype had individual encapsulated seats. A...
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    this flight regime that the waverider design, as used on the North American XB-70 Valkyrie, becomes practicable. Here, a shock body beneath the wing creates...
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