My dad did engineering work on the engines. He always had a fondness for this aircraft.

My grandpa grew up in Cali he was beat friends with Joe walkers son and he says he still remembers when the cops pulled him from school and told him what happened to his father. Really a sad story my grandpa was friends with his for a long time not sure if that fellow is still alive my grandfather is he turns 70 soon.

My grandfather swept the hangar floors.

I'm planning to go to Wright-Patt and see it in person, that must have been quite an awesome experience you had!

@@PilotPhotogWright Patt is av geek heaven. Or at least I HOPE it's heaven. Truly amazing.

@@PilotPhotog I haven’t been there since I was a kid, probably 11/12yrs old. I’ve been wanting to go back recently, let me know when you go and maybe I’ll meet you there.

@@teddy.d174 will do Ted, that would be awesome!

How would they fly an A-12 Archangel against the XB-70?

Anything but normal measurements

Thank you very much! The goal is to make 52 of these, one for each week of the year and sort of make a "binge" list. Cheers!

Thank you! I spend a lot of time recording my audio - I really appreciate it when someone points that out. Cheers!

Agreed. Plus, he has an excellent narrative voice.

@@ronjon7942 thank you!

Still does look modern today indeed. Way ahead of its time. Thanks for commenting!

why think when you can read. Why would you think that we're hiding anything when the XB-70 was heavily publicized?

Think 20 years into the future and imagine, that's what is in the skies of today and beyond! SG-1?!

Wasn't built until 1964. And you don't have to imagine what we have now, you can read it, just like you could have read about this plane in 1964.

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nope. The B-70 had no penetration potential, and we'd be reducing the number of other available aircraft if we had to pay for B-1, B-2 and the B-70.

@@winternow2242 >> IDK. The Soviet Bloc went to an awful lot of trouble to try to intercept the SR-71.

​@@jaybee9269not really. The SR-71 flew only at the edges of Soviet airspace. There's a reason we developed low level flying manned aircraft and cruise missiles.

And?

Not likely. The Soviets began working on the MiG-25 in 1961, before either the XB-70A or SR-71 or A-12 had flown. The B-70 was cancelled in early 1961, and never built. Virtually all of the Soviets' work on the MiG-25 came after that cancelation. The motive for tge MiG-25's speed is probably more prosaic than the internet claims, allowing the Soviets to defend a vast Frontier with a comparatively small number of aircraft.

Mmmm, from Wings of the Red Star, the MiG-25 was intended to intercept the XB-70. But given the dates posted by Winternow, maybe he’s correct. But what else would the Foxbat had been constructed so quickly for? At any rate, the Blackbird was probably a surprise for the Soviets. That project seems to have successfully been secret, with no leaks discovered to this day. But who knows for sure, right?

It was believed that its main target would be the xb70 that why the soviets rushed the mig25 into production however the xb70 never materialised.

@@Silver_PrussianThe MiG-25 was never rushed into production. Development began in early 1961, with a first flight in 1964, pretty much as long as it took for the F-14 go from RFP to 1dt flight, and longer than for the F-16. The Soviets took even longer to go from 1st flight to operational status. Recce Foxbats entered service in 1969, and teh inetrceptor model entered service around 1972, just 2 years before the F-14, even though its first fligth was 6 years earlier. "It was believed that its main target would be the xb70" I'd be very curious to know who believed that, since the XB-70 wasn't a bomber, or any combat aircraft, but a flight test aircraft with no weapons systems or the ability to carry them. The XB-70A actually did materialize in 1964, flying AFTER the 1st MiG-25, and being retired in 1969. However, it was obvious by early 1961 that the US never had any plans to putting a bomber B-70 into production, and as mentioned above, that's about the same time that the MiG-25 development began.

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@@PilotPhotog thanks!

Mig-31 Firefox fighter? No, the XB-70 bomber has nothing to do with the Firefox in the movie... at all.

It was his boss's decision. Nobody wanted the B-70 by 1961. This was a plane with no supporters at all. This had nothing specifically to do with Mcnamara. And if it did, he was probably right. High-speed/high Altitude hasn't been a viable capability for years.

It can outrun a fighter but not a SAM... it was a HUGE target easily visible by SAM Radar... a whole lotta NOPES there.

Built but never flew - thanks for commenting!

No. It was canceled 15 February 1964 and never completed. What was under construction was entirely scrapped.

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