XB-70 Valkyrie - The Mach 3 bomber

[RolandTFlackphayser]

Amazing Aircraft! Santos Dumont would have been proud to learn of the failure of this beautiful bird as a warplane.

The name of this wonderful sound, please!

[Danielkchoi]

Canards on a US plane? NO FRIKIN WAY! This just became the best plane in the world.

[gamerbwoi]

@Danielkchoi Best plane in the world? You fly this ill fly a Mig-31.. lets see who wins the battle of the skies..

Canards are used as a cheap fix to dampen vibration by cleaning air through over the wings of delta wing airplanes..

[funkmasterjee]

@gamerbwoi ' You fly this ill fly a Mig-31 ' .....fine, if you want to be limited to mach 2.5 to avoid destroying the engines

[QMPhilosophe]

I remember seeing the B-70 take off after an airshow in Texas when I was a kid. What an awesome, though ultimately flawed, plane.

[concorde232]

why is it that all the old jets look more futuristic than modern jets?

[bakugan433252]

Damn.Six engines.That thing would have been able to go wherever it wanted to go wheenver it wanted to.

[panzerrat]

Arguably one of the most beautiful aircraft ever built.

[szaboi86]

looks like a dem insect

[Eagle1Division2]

1:17

Was anyone else thinking that looks like the Arkbird? O.o

[Eagle1Division2]

@Eagle1Division2 Woops. Meant 1:26

[CONTROLTRAC2]

thats my fav. jet bomber !!!!!!!!!!!!

[roadrodent1952]

I see this thing down at the Dayton Air Museum and I hear something in me says "I want to FLY it!!"

[hotspurschool]

If there's one good thing to emerge from the Cold War, it was runaway budgets producing funky aircraft like this!

[mike104740]

3:03 oppps

[intrepidface07]

The BEST Contrails of an aircraft at 2:20.....

[intrepidface07]

Looks like a super cute puppy....

[09FALKEN]

great plane but fail on the landing

[MrRonnieG]

The only remaining XB-70 is at Wright Patterson Air Force Museum, on static display, in Dayton, Ohio. The mid-air collision, in June 1966, tore both vertical stablizers off the aircraft which lead to a severe nose down plunge to the earth.

[Honcik88]

first concorde !

[junttimummo]

I could never do that landing in flight simulator :(

[swoodard4]

@junttimummo Haaaaa, think about taxing that beauty?

[ferroxian]

Hummm...the music is really quite well chosen..."cyberarmy007" you have taste, refinement, and class. Perhaps you have done some travelling in life? Seen a few things or are living in pursuit of a dream? This video IS very well done...after being well made initially. 

[kailms]

it looks like a giraffe

[reggieziet]

Are there videos of it going lightspeed?

[mauricioalfredo83]

sooo nice plane :) I wonder if there were chance to supress those front canards wings like on the Tu144 too....I dont car about that cool / porn XD old music this is one of the greatests plane ever :)

[Jcw00dy]

fold the danm wingtips down!!!!

[sdtkk44]

xylophone! my day's complete.

[PotatoGunsRule]

I wish they had actually adopted this plane......it rocks!

[BetaZedd09]

What is/was the music ?

[MrGadgetolic]

thanks 4 sharing such a cool video.

[stevo728822]

ooops....tyre fire

[2076649]

why with ears ?!?!?!

[robzarrt]

CAN ANYONE NAME THE MUSIC BACKGROUND? It's really cool

[fltnsplr7]

Why was this music selected for such an outstanding example of technology?

[DrBuzz0]

One of the things that killed the program was that the boron-based fuel it was intended to use resulted in unresolvable problems with buildup of residue in the engines. The aircraft had range issues, but borated fuels have greater energy density and would provide the necessary range. When that failed to work the program was severely set back

[mhmyup1]

good music, feels like it should be in an Ocean’s movie.

[cocapowerr]

did they mean to make it look like the jesus cross thing at the front? >.>

[vengefulnoob]

Beautiful aircraft.

[EnigmaNZ1]

From the B17 to this in 2 decades. Bugger, what a time to be living in. Planes like this and the Hustler, nuclear killer subs plus the first boomers, and cars still looked like something from the Flintstones lol.

[fatty1443]

honestly, id rather have this than b1

[chgianne12]

this is tupolev is the same

[openminded1313]

The surviving bomber is in the Air Force museum at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. Actually, it is in the museum Annex. It is no longer displayed outdoors or even inside the main museum.

[My767676]

All you clowns /Go back to your closet / with your / Evil Pests / Flying at its best,suck a plum,TREE.

[bryanttillman]

thee COOLEST aircraft ever made.!

[phrenzy1]

Of course some people think they did remake it, or at least use it in large part to inspire the design of a mother craft for launching a spaceplanes...

[HegHam66]

I cannot add anything better to those hundreds of nice comments. Thanx. What an inapprehensible machine. And incidentally the loudest jet plane ever built. Forget unessential Russian Radar technology, Valkyrie adumbrated herself by noise.

[r8wing]

@HegHam66

Only she was flying 3 times the speed of noise.

[2bullitt]

@HegHam66 you are right heg. i go up to dayton, and visit quit abit.

[Lars2222dk]

They should g back to the drawing board, and remake the jet into 2011 edition. with the latest engine technology and space age martriale .

i wanna buy one :D

[ACfireandiceDC]

@Lars2222dk It was cancelled because it was uneconomical.

[DEVASTATOR478]

wow ! beautiful like concorde !!!

[CrankflipSundayProd]

deep penetration, hmmmmmmm

[Scorpac]

reminds me of powerrangers

[ThePorumbelul]

13 peoples are fighters in empires and allies :))

[cadmus98]

Going from the WW2 prop-driven B29, to this, in less than 15 years.

Aviation industry back then was evolving almost as fast as computers are today.

[signature1990]

Music, David Axelrod, Holy Thursday on itunes apparently.... yet another great video. Well done.

[signature1990]

Music, David Axelrod, Holy Thursday on itunes apparently....

[1138thz]

A perfect video presentation. Well done and thanks for posting!

[bichomaldito]

Does anybody know the name of the background song? It's awesome.

[langleygm]

would of loved to see a couple hundred of these

[MaxxGladiator]

Go to the USAF museum in Dayton, Ohio and see this plane. Trust me. I was looking at an SR-71, and this 80-year+ old docent came up and said he'd been watching me, and asked me to look up.

The Valkyrie was so big, I had not even noticed it. The SR-71 was under the wing.

He went on to tell me all about it - the crash, etc. and how he was there they day they landed at Dayton on the last flight.

THIS is the most amazing plane ever made. You have to see it. Make reservations ahead of time BTW.

[CaptainHenroyMorgan]

Jesus christ look at the thing... if this was the 50s then what on earth is the air force up to today?

[jonesy97]

When the wing tips are folded down for supersonic flight, she looked so badass. Was so ahead of it's time. Just like the SR-71.

[VaginalBeans]

And I thought I was fast !

[legomaster335]

i have actually seen this jet :) up in ohio next to kennedy's VC-137

[DarthClam]

That thing is freakin ugly... maybe a lot faster than the B-2, but the latter was just sexy.

[powershop1903]

Chuck Norris was conceived when the Valkyrie reached mach 1; BOOM !!!!!!

[sulimi4ever95]

looks like a dinosaur 

[Gromitdog1]

The check engine light keeps flashing, the plane won't be passing emissions....

[TheUberdude14]

all i read was deep penetration

[sab8r]

With the canards and the intake configuration, this aircraft looks bang-up-to-date! I'm still amazed at what many nations achieved in the 1950s/60s with slide rules and rig tests, such a long time before CFD and modern materials technology.

[catbug666]

play more buddy rich.

[dhbiza]

3:12 the parachutes look like hooters!!!

[roversrawsome]

This has to be one of the most remarkable planes ever built. Even today this plane looks years ahead of its time.

[Egodraco]

10 people are former KGB

[TheBiG0BoI]

@Egodraco 11 people are former KGB

[Egodraco]

@TheBiG0BoI

I think, we are going to witness the whole office of former KGBs down here....

[3nasacova]

Where were they planning on putting the bombs? Except for the pointy bit at the front that thing is all wings and engines.

[superotherguy1]

@3nasacova Nuclear bomb? I dont think you want to be dropping bombs at mach 3.

[SecuR0M]

@3nasacova It had an internal weapons bay, iirc.

Bomber aircraft generally have them.

[maszpralka]

Uffff !!!

++++

[MetalMonarchy]

3:22 it's chasing the helicopter :3.

[TheOlly87]

looks like a mix of concorde and lockheed sr-71 :)

[BadgerBadgerful]

This video has just introduced me to David Axelrod. What an artist!

[simon3314]

I like the 'firm hold' with slight adjustments on the steering during take off.. Must been so exhilarating to have direct flap control on a big bird like that

[FSXairpilot]

What was the music before this new one?

[superotherguy1]

Loads of fun flying this on FSX =)

[sparkybluefox]

The XB-70 is the most sexy bomber to ever fly!

SBF

[spacepatrolman]

2:24 That chase plane is always flying to close to the tail fins what happened eventually was the chase plane rolled over and knocked the tailfins off and the B-70 rolled end over end and crashed

[gr8crashes]

I have visited the National Air Force Museum at Wright Patterson AFB numerous times. The collection of aircraft is amazing. Nothing, however, is like standing under the incredible XB-70 AV-1 they have on display. To think it was designed in the late 1950's is hard to imagine. It was so far ahead of it's time and still looks like something from a Star Trek episode today. Wow!

[DandAinTac]

@gr8crashes I saw this at Wright Patt also, but it was a long time ago--74-75, and I was just a kid. At the time it was outside in front. You don't realize how big and awesome this bird is until you stand right under it. I think the wheels were as tall as I was at the time. A part of me wishes it had been procured and developed, but my brain acknowledges that it would have been very expensive with lots of bugs and problems, and only good for nuclear strike, which can be done by missiles.

[Se1j2Ohn3sh4]

Agreeable music!

[irskkurdur]

I saw It when I was a kid At WPAFB, it and the B-36 were extremely impressive.

[XOROHN]

what a beauty monster!

[gewasiuk]

How many people would have rather heard the throaty engines on this beast instead of "Holy Tuesday"?

[1abcrr1]

this aircraft should have been developed for deployment of sub orbital space fighters ,heavy lift high speed it could have launched an x15 sized craft into stratosphere then its engines may have been able to do the rest .

[hsuson]

Still looks Great now!

[HerrSchnellmann]

Such a pretty bird

[vixenaya]

What an amazing aircraft. It truly is beautiful. Seeing it on display at The Air Force museum in Dayton OH is incredible, it's absolutely stunning.

[Capt777harris]

Beautiful aircraft. Simply beautiful.

[HarrySanford]

Nice video, but the music makes it sensational. Brilliant synchronisation of the aircraft landing back with it's port main gear on fire with the final crescendo of the Axelrod theme. Fantastic effort.

[HarrySanford]

Nice video, but the music makes it sensational. The choice of David Axelrod - so '60s, just like the XB70 - and the synchronisation with the video is pure genius. The high point is the crescendo coming in as the aircraft lands back with the port main gear on fire. Fantastic. Watchable again and again.

[nikoyun]

amazing aircraft

[zvast]

Nice video but music kill's it

[lambergini17]

Iv seen this plane in real life!!!

[Hindenzog]

The music is David Axelrod - Holy Thursday

[spacepatrolman]

@Hindenzog Psychedelic Jazz by Axelrod

[DrTWG]

love the music, great axe solo at the end.

[Tigadee00]

Such a beautiful graceful aircraft. I read that its wheels were aluminum coated because of the high heat generated from its high-speed landing apporach, that's why the wheels like silver in this video.

[jaw1024]

this plane would be so epic at airshows

[eXpLodingj2ice2]

@jaw1024 Why? it might suck the audience in through its massive down-turned wing tip. And to add insult to injury, it would crash and one crewman would survive.

[jaw1024]

@eXpLodingj2ice2 Hardly. You don't stand that close to runways in airshows and the pilot can't go above mach1 over solid ground, so no danger :)

[Fourteen88SoCal]

that thing is UGLY lol

[Starfish99100]

I bet that was one loud bird! With six turbojet engines, the B-70 would have shaken the ground and rattled windows even more than the B-1B.

[TheTony745i]

if there is anybody out there that knows this song answer back...

[rw5791]

concorde??????????

[carlosandjan]

i feel alot safer now..........lol

[onlymusicism]

only positive thing about the cold war, it produced awsome planes and space technoligy. Atleast something good came out off it afterall.

[onlymusicism]

thunderbirds are go ;-)

[datzfast]

b52 will be phased out in 2045 the unmanned bomber will be ready

[SecuR0M]

@datzfast B-52 should have been phased out in the 80s tbh.

[datzfast]

@SecuR0M well , im glad it was not phased out. its nice to have an intercontinetal bomber that works.

[Gazzara5]

It never got the chance it deserved. At least it laid the groundwork for the B-1.

[pjbing]

Love the David Axelrod.

[Mufaso1000]

Aeronautical technology advanced so quickly in the 60s that aircraft were obsolete before they rolled off the production line! I saw one of these things in the Air Force museum in Dayton, OH. It is HUGE. It makes you wonder how something this big can get off the ground, much less fly Mach 3.

[maninder1992]

man.the 60s were so great!!!!!

[laxinitup62]

which goes faster, sr-71 or xb-70 ?

[ecw11563]

@laxinitup62 SR-71A(Tail #958). World Absolute and World Class Speed Record over a 15/25 Kilometer Straight Course - 2,193.167 MPH surpassing the previous record set by a Lockheed YF12A Interceptor prototype in June 1965. SR-71 Flown by Capt. Eldon W. Joersz. Pilot and Major George T. Morgan Jr., RSO

[CCCProdina]

ive always wondered, where is the bomb bay in this beautiful bomber?

[ecw11563]

@CCCProdina  It's behind the nose wheel. A large panel slides rearward to expose the bomb bay and slides forward after the bombs have dropped.

[jakfuki]

The music is groovy. It's hip.  It's dope. It's right on! LOL.

[ecw11563]

@jakfuki Go to Download.com and download one of the popular YouTube to MP3 converters. You can then convert any song on a YouTube video to MP3. Have fun !!

[JTSpecial5150]

this and the blackbird are truely the greatest things in the world. hows when it takes of. i is badass

[russerbgreek]

..the natzi project from WWII

[ThatAdelaideGuy]

@russerbgreek There is no t in Nazi

[phsjr]

6 people are former KGB

[onlymusicism]

@phsjr hahaha

[BokserPerm]

@phsjr Why former? We have no former agents in KGB or MVD or Specnaz.

[lovy1966]

@phsjr J'adore les nuages naturels qu'ils y a dans cette vieille vidéo..

[bluecarnage]

looks like something that would be in powerrangers

[ccolimon]

I saw this at the Air Force Museum in Dayton. It's really a beautiful machine !!

[F14ace]

I bet that thing made some incredible noise. Six freaking engines...

[jrcadet4]

@F14ace It sure did. My dad was a machinist for North American at Plant 42 Palmdale , and the engine tests for the XB-70's 'six-pack' echoed across the desert. Nobody seemed worried about noise-abatement back then.

[TEHGROUND]

@CutiaaMinnieaa726 ShUt tHe fUx uP l33T fAgGoT

[Capt777harris]

beautiful plane

[tullywacker]

sexy as fuck

[cobrala]

@topographicoceans11 Barely flew? What do u mean?

[WHEREtheFUNK]

amazing aircraft too bad they could not get more funding

[DasShurikenRoy]

@WHEREtheFUNK they actually did have the funding but they redirected it to the F-117 I read this in a book about Skunk Works

[sleeplespsycho]

@DasShurikenRoy How can that be? The XB-70 was retire February 1969 and F-117, the project began in 1975 with a model called the "Hopeless Diamond"? The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency didn't issue Lockheed Skunk Works a contract to build and test two Stealth Strike Fighters, under the code name "Have Blue" a year later.

[joeylawn36111]

This should be our current bomber instead of the B-52.

[JeffW77]

Amazing airplane. So glad the movie footage is available now. Thank you to the poster.

[flexitionjr]

anyhow BLIGHTY VULCAN B2 is the best

[chipfatbob]

The tune is 'Holy Thursday' by David Axelrod

[ChaosTwin]

the tiger looks so small comapred to this beauty.

[aldopeer]

What a beautiful bird she is. That was the era of the mixture of brutal power and elegant planes. Just like the B-58, the F8 Crusader, the F-104 Starfighter, etc.

By the way: good tune! Anyone knows who the artist is?

[MrThorvald666]

Ein wahrhaft majestätisches Luftgefährt! Und irgendwie sieht man doch die Grundzüge der Concorde....

[HintR9]

Just remembered it was an old artifacts song that sampled this song.

[HintR9]

Such an awsome plane. I saw the one at Wright Patterson a few years ago and couldn't get over the size. Didn't Large Professor or A Tribe Called Quest smple the song used in this video?

[Titaniumraptor]

2:12 - Einen Gang höher schalten ;)

[Brillmongot]

Now there's a worthy tribute

[butterygrape]

name of the song?



[chrisconwaypeters]

that thing is straight out of my GI Joe collection

[17SPIKE17]

MY UNCLE, JAMES RUSSELL McALEAR WORKED AT NORTH AMERICAN AVIATION ON MAPLE AVENUE, EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA.

HE STILL HAS THE XB-70 VALKYRIE TROPHY ON A STAND WITH A PLAQUE THAT WAS GIVEN TO ALL WHO BUILT THIS AIRCRAFT.

[tackN2Wind]

@17SPIKE17

STOP SHOUTING.. DUMB ASS !!!

[txtigerpup]

XxteklexX,

Actually, this was the bomber version of the Rapier. The Arrow and the Rapier were meant to be complimentary versions of penetrator fighters to accompany the Valkyrie and/or be extreme interceptor fighters going up against Soviet bombers.

[MultiCessnaPilot]

Stivigun and Shark please shut up.

[XxtekiexX]

nice rip off of the avro arrow

[jjs4you2]

@XxtekiexX The XB 70 is 196' long with a 106' wing span. The Arrow, 85' long, 50' wing span. The XB is a low mounted Delta wing Intercontinental bomber with wing tips that can pivot down nearly 75°, the Arrow is a high wing butterfly design fighter/attack. XB top speed 2,054, Arrow 1,524. XB max alt 77,000', Arrow 58,000'. XB has 6 engines in a nacelle pod under the wings, Arrow has 2 engines aligned along the fuselage. XB 70 has twin v tails, the Arrow has one. Same design? not even close.

[Strikerokk]

so beautiful ...

[mbukukanyau]

Germans love big guns, Americans love Big menacing Bombers!! Lord I wish there were no democrats, these would be flying instead of B52's!!

[bryantay11]

@mbukukanyau It wasn't about Democrats or Repubs. It was about SAMs and ICBMs. In November 1959, Eisenhower stated he saw no need for the B-70 since the ICBM is "a cheaper, more effective way of doing the same thing", and said he thought we were "talking about bows and arrows at a time of gunpowder when we spoke of bombers in the missile age." In December 1959 the Air Force announced the B-70 project would be cut to a single prototype. No democrats involved there.