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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...
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    The North American XB-28 Dragon (NA-63) was an aircraft proposed by North American Aviation to fill a strong need in the United States Army Air Corps for...
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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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    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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    The North American B-45 Tornado was an early American jet bomber designed and manufactured by aircraft company North American Aviation. It has the distinction...
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    was 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...
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  • Mitchell bomber, the F-86 Sabre jet fighter, the X-15 rocket plane, the XB-70, the B-1 Lancer, the Apollo command and service module, the second stage...
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  • turbojet based largely on the General Electric YJ93 which powered the North American XB-70 bomber. The GE4 was the most powerful engine of its era, producing...
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    stowage/hangar space such as aerodynamics and flight handling was the North American XB-70 Valkyrie. This increased both compression lift and enhanced directional...
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    bureaus, with the aim of developing an aircraft analogous to the North American XB-70 Valkyrie. The Sukhoi design, with its high cruise speed of 3,200 km/h...
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    bombers, 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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    Joseph A. Walker (category 20th-century American physicists)
    1966, 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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    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...
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    one of four surviving Convair B-36 Peacemakers, the only surviving North American XB-70 Valkyrie and Bockscar—the Boeing B-29 Superfortress that dropped...
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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...
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    the 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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    design had features common to the General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark and North American XB-70 Valkyrie. It used a crew escape capsule, that ejected as a unit to...
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  • distance over the USSR and help disrupt the defences for the following North American XB-70 bombers. The F-108 was ultimately cancelled in budget cuts. Penetrator...
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    others 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...
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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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  • 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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    [citation needed] The North American XB-70 Valkyrie Mach 3 bomber prototype had individual encapsulated seats. A cabin ejection for the XB-70 Valkyrie was also...
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    viscosity to form resin fillets on the honeycomb core in 1938. The North American XB-70 Valkyrie made extensive use of stainless steel honeycomb panels using...
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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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    (1963) (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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  • Shuttle Orbiter US Spaceplane Transport 1981 Production Double delta. North American XB-70 Valkyrie US Supersonic Bomber 1964 Prototype Canard capable of Mach...
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    Convair B-58 Hustler (redirect from XB-58)
    test the General Electric J93 engine, originally intended for the North American XB-70 Valkyrie Mach 3 bomber. RB-58A: Variant with ventral reconnaissance...
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    avoided 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...
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