Name: North American XB-70 Valkyrie
Brand: Schiffer Military
SKU: 9780887409066
Price: 18.99 GBP
Availability: InStock

North American XB-70 Valkyrie

A Photo Chronicle

By (author): John M. Campbell, By (author): Garry R. Pape

Published by Schiffer Military

In Stock

£18.99

Format: Paperback
Pages: 48
Illustrations: over 100 b/w photos and line schemes
ISBN: 9780887409066
Publication Date: 06-Jan-1997

Subjects:
Military history
Air forces & warfare
Military aircraft
Aircraft: general interest

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The North American XB-70 is one of the most unusual looking aircraft in aviation history, and only two were constructed. It was originally designed as a Mach 3 high-altitude bomber, but was later used as a research aircraft. This new book by John Campbell and Garry Pape gives a short, detailed history of the XB-70, including production, flight tests, and the fatal crash of Aircraft #2 in 1965. Aircraft #1 is now at the U.S. Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB.

Interested in aviation history since his pre-teen years, Garry Pape spent many years in a number of engineering fields in the aerospace industry and participated in numerous aviation organizations. Since retirement he served for a number of years as an air museum curator. He now dedicates his aviation interests to writing. He has had four books published, contributed to two others, and a couple of dozed articles in magazines and museum newsletters; the latest in the fall 2010 American Aviation Historical Society Journal.