The pilot of the Tupolev was of the same ilk as the hotshot B-52 pilot that crashed at Fairchild air base in 1994.

RIP to Joe Walker, probably America's greatest test pilot during this era. To die in a corporate, promotional photoshoot for General Electric is almost incomprehensible when compared to the achievements of this X-15 test pilot. The F-104 was a beast of an airplane and a favorite of the era's fighter jocks who wanted to fly faster and higher. An F-104 equipped with an auxiliary rocket in its tail almost killed Chuck Yeager during a test of high altitude capabilities and the German Airforce had a miserable experience with the Starfighter losing well over 300 planes to operational accidents. It had to be respected and flown the way it was designed to fly or it killed you faster than its Mach numbers. Luftwaffe officers called it "The Widowmaker".

Bragging, "just wait till you see us fly, then you'll see something." Sure did.

"wait til we fly, then you'll see something." Russian for "hold my beer."

If nothing else the Valkyrie is a serious work of aviation art.

HEY FLIGHT CHANNEL - you got the F-4 and the T-38 mixed up. Switch the captions.

airplane + showoff = trouble

Thanks, very scary video. I suspect the Tupolev was rushed into early flight to beat the Concorde and may not have been fully tested, the Concorde was much better looking.

The loss of the Valkyrie is incredibly sad and unfortunate . An incredible flying machine and probably my favorite aircraft of all time.

The mediocre demonstration won the contract.

That damn Concorde crew and their whole, “let’s do a flight demo that doesn’t get us killed” attitude. Damn them.

It was over when the word “Soviet” was brought into the dialogue…. “Just wait and see us fly”. Yes, into terrain.

Being inside the cabin of a passenger jet going down must be crazy terrifying, but being in the front seat watching the ground come to meet you as you do anything you can to stop it, must be truly insane to experience.

Honestly… This is the most scariest thing that could happen in the air. Everyone was just expecting a normal race.. I just can’t believe all the lives that were lost on those planes. RIP everyone❤

Joseph Walker was a close friend of Neil Armstrong. Both were test pilots for the X-15.

Two XB-70's were made. One still exists and is on display at the museum at Wright Patterson in Dayton. The air intakes are tall enough and wide enough to hold a small cocktail party. It's one of my favorite planes to see every time I go there. Btw, admission is free and there are 4 enormous hangars of aircraft.

Just found this channel. Very informative, educational and brilliantly portrayed! That is a lot of work researching and making this video. I am very impressed. Thank you!

The best highest quality sim re-creations of real incidents and accidents, along with Green Dot Aviation.

Wow, I’ve read many accounts of the Valkyrie crash and this is the first time I’ve heard about the B-58. Makes sense that Walker might lose position a little while searching for the bomber. You mixed up the captions for the F-4 and T-38, and it might have been helpful to note that the photoshoot was for a commercial for the manufacturer who made the engines for all the aircraft in the formation. But it’s a great video anyway.

Watching this on my lunch break at work. Sad and scary stuff.

On July 4th of 1976 I had the privilege of seeing the Concorde SST fly over on the Mall in Washington, DC as part of that day's festivities. It was impressive.... this reminded me of it & that it happened exactly 48 years ago, today. I was 14yrs old. peace

10:15 Nice video, but the animation shows Le Bourget Airport with the new control tower that was built only 20 years later, in 1993. The old tower (15 meters high) is located in the upper part of the terminal building. The new tower (30 meters) is located in the northern part of the airport.

Sad at the loss of life due to these accidents. May the souls of the American and Russian pilots rest in peace.

Ironic that the Tu-144 and Concorde both essentially received their death blows on French soil.

you messed up the T-38 and the F-4 with the wrong planes being captioned

The Tupolev Concordeski. Failed to depart for 5 of its first 6 scheduled flights. Eventually became the fastest freight hauler ever - when it could be convinced to fly.

I heard about the Tu-144's crash and am glad to see a video on it.

never heard of that 1st crash with frank sinatras plane filming 📹

While listing the pilot of the T-38 the camara is on the F-4. When the camara transitions to the T-38 the pilot of the F-4 is listed. Juz say'n.

As I recall the XB-70 photoshoot was arranged for GE, which made the engines for all the aircraft in the flight.

Great video

Pride commeth before the fall

In my opinion the XB-70 is one of the most beautiful aircraft ever built. I was 14 when this accident happened and I thought, what a waste of good men and aircraft.

I was hiking in the mountains just south of the crash site of the XB-70 that morning. I have pictures of the very large/tall colum of black smoke rising from that crash site. When Sinatra was performing in Las Vegas he sent the Lear to Palm Springs to pickup his mom and bring her to the show. On departure the pilots turned the wrong way comming out of Palm Springs and flew into the side of Mt San Gorgonio. They actually turned the wrong on the departure SID and turned NW and not SE, thus creating a smoking hole in the ground.

6:14 Why is a NASA ‘Chase Plane’ armed with Sidewinder Missiles?

I use to see the concord every year at liverpool grand national horse race ..it use to fly around liverpool very low.

Another reason for the f-104s high loss rate was so slender was pushing itself around and then also you had to be careful because it would all eject from the top or it might eject from the bottom when you punched out

Great video! You got your T-38 and F4 backwards.

Got your super-titles crossed on the T-38 and F-4.

The XB-70's wingtips should have been in the mid down position in this depiction.

I never saw this so thanks for showing it again

😂 Commie really showed us something. 😂

I prefer just commercial aviation

Once again, AS ALWAYS, the computer crashed the plane.

There's one other thing I like to point out the HP 70 and the X-15 we're both made by North American Aviation and they were both done without computers and then you have the SR-71 which is built around the same time and North American also built the shuttle with 60 technology going into the 70s so you're telling me with all the material technology advancements we've had since 1970 to now we haven't built something faster

Sadly, this world just was not ready for Concorde.

All the three planes of this type (Valkyrie, Tu-144 and Concorde) were failed designs in the end.

Awww… that’s so sad

I wish these weren’t so animated so to speak. I like the ones that do recreations better

Nice videostory

4:35 You got the clips for the F-4 and T-38 backwards. Maybe fix and re-upload?

nice video

What flight sim is he using?

No, the USAF did not plan that photo flight, instead it was put together by GE Aircraft Engines, to showcase the five different aircraft powered by GE engines, and they didn't notify the air force before conducting that flight, which saw the destruction of Joe Walker's F-104N, and the loss of XB-70 AV-2.

why does the graphics on your terrain look so muddy?

"Some speculate"? You mean told the truth.

These replays only show how safe aviation is. There are no new crashes and that’s a good thing.

You got your planes mixed up there....

You have the F4 & the T38 photos switched and in the wrong order

Way starts at Edale in the Peak District.

sad and unnecessary loss of life

Can you make a video Vietjet air flight 356 pls?

I still say something stinks here the XB-70 was a Mach 3 plus bomber and they were worried about Sam's taking it out yet we had the SR-71 and that was no problem the Sams didn't worry them I mean it's the same math for both planes so something's not adding up here

Well i guess the Russian captain was right...we saw something

And thus future supersonic flight development was arrested.

04:45 ... the captions showing the types of jets and their pilots is backward. You show the Phantom F-4B as the T-38a and then the T-38a you list as a Phantom F-4B.

This video has one factual error amid generally good analysis. There was no French Mirage in the vicinity. That was a story concoted by the Soviet government to excuse the colossal stupidity of the Charger's pilots.

Mind boggling to think about the amount of money and resources we put into things only designed to end human life.

Encore!

Congrats to Koslov. We all def saw something alright. 🤦‍♂

BECAUSE of a *(&%#&$% DOLLAR, America couldn't have the SST! And the F-104-get it TO the far left of the formation I KNEW THAT in the 60's(Dad flew the "U" designated aircraft).

The t-38A and F-4B are displayed wrong, u did the t38 as an f4B and F4B as an t38 (4:37). But I like the vid tho

Hey can you do trans air flight 671

Got the two planes on the left mixed up! As for the Concorde and Tupolev facng off against each other. WTH! These are designed as airliners not fighters or acrobatic planes. If I am an airline executive I am not interested in extreme maneuvers that are going to make passengers sick. Sorry to say but the Russian pilot paid the price for his ill advised showmanship.

It's funny that when you copied information from another YT XB-70 crash video that you copied their mistake.

This isn’t an airport. There no need to announce your departure.

They mixed up the Feb and T-38 jets too

Can't even match the aircraft with the captions 😂 what a joke of a channel. Just copy and paste from Wikipedia, eh?

Go at throttle up …

Sick Channel. Re upload channel

No reason for them to flying so close!

Embarrassing!

I would gladly give up phones, social media to have great tech like this come back in Aviation, and another Space Race

did he just change his profile pic?

Pilot error

17:00

RIP Carl Cross

8/6/2066

I’m sorry but I do not watch a video to read if you can’t find an announcer try AI they’re not good with numbers but the words they’re all right with.

This channel has the whiniest subscribers ever 🤣...would rather whine than unsubscribe 🤔

Uuu !! FATAL egos !! 😮☝️👎💀

(real video) sure but where

Why are you uploading the same stories? Atleast other aviation content creators cover other stories like Allec Joshua Ibay.

It was at like 998 and I waited until 999 so I can be 1K 😁

The Soviet Onion

Can't believe I'm this early

😭😭😭

It’s very easy to sit behind a screen (most never having piloted anything that flies let alone an experimental supersonic jet) and watch some cheap graphics and hurl insults but what’s not considered or talked about is the Soviet proclivity for severe punishment for failure and the extreme desire by the communist leaders to outdo the West at all costs, I believe the Tupolev crew were victims of this ridiculous rivalry more so than of showboating - ultimately the captain is responsible for his aircraft but just like the “getthereitus” phenomenon has fatally affected crews in commercial aviation so too this rivalry pushed a crew and a not fully tested airframe to breaking point

Did the Soviet "Concord" look anything like the Anglo/French Concord by design or accident? Kind of like today's China's copying of American stealth fighters. Both the Soviets and China are/were really good at theft.

Declining Reupload Video really gonna bring Attention to this Current Status of the Channel. No wonder why he started this Double Episode Long ago