The World’s Fastest Bomber: The XB-70 Valkyrie

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By the mid-1950’s, the United States had developed a state-of-the-art, all jet-powered bomber force. The newly introduced Boeing B-52 Stratofortesss could reach the Soviet Union from just about anywhere in the world. The soon-to-be-introduced supersonic Convair B-58 Hustler could dash to supersonic speeds. Both aircraft were engineering marvels. But even so, they were expected to perform poorly over Soviet airspace. The B-52 flew too slowly to stand a chance against the latest generation of Soviet interceptors, while the supersonic B-58 lacked the required range and payload to be truly effective. The U.S. Air Force needed a next generation bomber that would combine the capabilities of both these aircraft. A plane that could fly at supersonic speeds, travel long distances and carry large payloads.
To meet their new bomber requirements, the Air Force contracted leading aerospace companies to explore radical new technologies, like nuclear powered jet engines for extending aircraft range and high energy ‘zip-fuels’ to increase aircraft performance. Boeing and North American Aviation would play a vital role in research. But given the limitations of technology, the most practical solution put forward was the ‘dash concept’ which detailed an enormous aircraft that would travel subsonically most of the way to its target, before jettisoning outer portions of its wings and fuel tanks to make a supersonic dash. These concepts were studied in an era of extraordinary advances in aviation technology and engineering, and by 1957 it became apparent that it might be possible to build a large, long range bomber that could fly supersonically over its entire mission.
In 1957, the Air Force outlined their specifications for an aircraft that would cruise at Mach 3, up to an altitude of 75,000 feet. It was expected to offer a similar payload and range to the B-52. Boeing and North American Aviation both submitted design concepts, but North American’s proposal was selected for development. A key principle in North American’s design was compression lift, which would significantly improve the aircraft’s lift to drag ratio when flying at high supersonic speeds. The new bomber would be designed as the B-70 (XB-70 in experimental prototype form) and named the Valkyrie.
Given the XB-70’s incredible speed and altitude capabilities, it was expected to be practically immune from interception. But developing such an ambitious bomber would be fraught with technical challenges. More critically, huge advances in missile technology would soon threaten to render the entire concept of a supersonic intercontinental bomber obsolete.
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[@PokeMaster22222]

The 20th Century must've been a mind-blowing hundred years; from the first airplane in 1903 that didn't travel all that far, to these supersonic jets in fifty years, then rocketing to the Moon. The two most devastating wars in history, as well, just 20-30 years apart. All within an average lifespan.

[@GalaxyGoldbox]

crazy to think about it lol

[@haberdasherrykr8886]

All that thanks to increased proficiency in killing other humans Man got hungry, man got monumentally petty, man progressed science Awful and awesome at the same time!

[@darillus1]

just wait for the mind blowing things that happen in the 21st century, electric cars, hover car drones , then rocketing to mars , and lets not forget world war 3!

[@Tate525]

And now we have attention span of a Goldfish.

[@k.vonschue5938]

British Admiral Jackie Fisher would begin his career on sailing ships, and finish his career on guided missile cruisers and nuclear submarines. It’s no wonder that old sci fi like Star Trek thought we would break lightspeed by the 21st century.

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[@1mol831]

I calculated if a bird hits a large train could result in it travelling at Mach 200.

[@cruximperator]

@@1mol831 it depends on the train(weight), velocity of both bird and train. After calculating it my answer is… it won’t due to not having a constant source of velocity and hitting at any imaginable angle. Sorry maybe next time.

[@starwarsgeek8960]

Agreed

[@1mol831]

@@cruximperator the bird is launched at the train at high speed though

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[@Highice007]

That crash was not without warning. The Starfighter pilot radioed he was getting into the Valkrie's jet wash, and was backing off, but the photographer said he needed the shot, and to continue moving closer. Duspite the Starfighters continued protest, he was ordered to move closer. The jet wash from the Valkrie caused him to lose control, and roll over the valkrie and take out it's tail section.

[@User-ph9xh]

They actually had the engineering power to get it flying, wow

[@andrewthomson]

Never doubt an engineer with a government budget.

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[@TheOnlyVistosi]

they burned more dollars than kerosene, but technically it was worth it

[@User-ph9xh]

@@TheOnlyVistosi for a project never finished but got flying I guess

[@fgk765jkh]

@@andrewthomson Or One with stolen Russian secrets. Or An imprisoned German rocket scientist that made your space program.

[@fighter_pilot_1698]

Hands down my favourite aircraft. It looks so futuristic, despite being older than almost any military jet flying today!

[@AnonymousFreakYT]

B-52 pilots have a saying "when the last B-1 retires, and the last B-2 retires, their crews will fly home on a B-52 first flown by their grandfathers."

[@fighter_pilot_1698]

@@AnonymousFreakYT I’ve head a similar one about B-52’s being crewed by grandchildren of the pilots who brought it into service. The plane simply will not die!

[@starwarsgeek8960]

agreed

[@janamshah414]

Couldn’t agree more

[@nedrudt21]

The Valkyrie is at the Air Force museum in Dayton, Oh. It’s an incredible looking aircraft in person, so large.

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[@anidiot2818]

@@lmaoxd2957 Agree. Mustards animation improves with every video and looks great, but this comment kind of disrespects the work of other CG artists. I recently started working for a studio and can tell that full CG often can look better, than real footage mixed with CG. It's really hard to do that and modern movies (like some marvel productions) sometimes don't give enough information for the artists to work with. A bit exaggerated, but it's a bit like:" here's the green screen footage, put your cool stuff in there!" There is also a difference if you animate a CG double for a movie or if you make a static model. Also don't know what he means by "year". Most productions don't have this much time exclusively for adding the CG parts and even if they do, it's often limited by the endless amount of changes the studio demands that had to be done as fast as possible.

[@lmaoxd2957]

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[@mitchellminer9597]

My dad was an hydraulics engineer on the XB-70 development. I'm sure it was just a coincidence that there were hydraulic issues. Seriously, though, he was mechanical genius. I must have been taken to an open house at Palmdale, or something, as a little kid, because my very earliest memory is of something huge and white and beautiful inside an enormous building.

[@butterflywoodworks2374]

My grandfather Hap Anderson worked on this one as well. From what I understand he was a go-between from the engineers to a team of fabricators. I have the large wood model of the aircraft used to sell the project.

[@mitchellminer9597]

@@butterflywoodworks2374 Wow.

[@thefirstsalty3055]

my grandfather also worked on this although i did not learn much about what he did on it.

[@herlanchereboldera1120]

Ohhhhh.... Congrats

[@mr.bluntsworth248]

@@butterflywoodworks2374 They didn't mass produce the wooden ones?

[@josephfarbstein1427]

My grandpa, Joseph Cotton, was one of the test pilots for the xb-70. He passed away a few years ago and were now developing boxes of films he had from the 60s that captured the xb70s test flights. Hoping to have it available to view at the Edwards AFB museum in time for the October Airshow!

[@winternow2242]

@Galileo7of9 I'm guessing he means they're converting to digital, or that he found boxes of negatives, which AIR were included with developed prints. Ahh, the wonder of the pre-digital age.

[@pilot3016]

Your Grandfather was Joe Cotton! Really! I have several signed items by him.

[@ronjon7942]

I would LOVE to see those photographs, as I’m certain every other aircraft enthusiast would. If you ever make them publicly available, please come back and post your link!

[@UncleKennysPlace]

More than half-a-century old, and still looks strikingly modern.

[@WhitzWolf92]

"Striking"? Yes, absolutely gorgeous and cutting edge for its day. But "modern"? I don't know. the general shape of the cockpit glass and the squared intakes in particular look rather dated in my eyes.

[@FP194]

@@WhitzWolf92 So there is a current bomber that can fly Mach 3 The speed records of the SR-71 have still not been broken

[@HumbleWatermelon]

@@FP194 They are commenting on the fact that the aesthetics of the aircraft look a bit dated, not its technological capabilities. And the reason why bombers that fly beyond Mach 3 do not exist anymore has already been explained in the video. ICBMs are a bigger threat in the modern era. And the SR-71's downfall was marred by economic costs on top of the introduction of spy satellites and UAVs. If we were to ignore the financial and practical inefficiencies, modern defence contractors could likely build an aircraft faster than the SR-71. But it wouldn't make sense today.

[@HouseholdDog]

Speed doesn't really matter as much anymore.

[@mobiuscoreindustries]

People in the 50's and 60's did some amazing engineering that still beats out some of our modern stuff simply because there was a global push for innovation in every and all fields, as well as the absence of most consolidated industries holding back progress for their own gains. For example the nuclear industry was soaring back then and was essentially getting rid of the energy problem before it even manifested, with crazy efficient designs ripped straight out of even more absurd military projects. But the downfall of many of these projects was also the military interests of nations. If something could not be used to give an edge in the cold war, it was canned. Take nuclear again. Oakridge made and operated nuclear reactors that were cheaper, safer, and quite literally had thousands of times better return on energy ratio than PWRs. They did it because they had developed it first for a nuclear engine equiped bomber then took what they learned and created the ultimate power generation platform, being utterly destroyed (and I'm talking orders for forced destruction of equipment and data) by the US government because unlike the Navy's PWRs or the army backed plutonium breeder, Oakridge's design could not be used to produce weapon grade plutonium. Let me get this straight, half a century ago, climate change and the energy crisis was a SOLVED ISSUE. Today we are living under a veil of idiocy that makes us take the longest road for maximum profits of interested parties..

[@ojtheaviator1795]

I can't believe it! I was just thinking about how much I want a new Mustard video, and here it is! And the XB-70 is one of my favorite aircraft ever made. I was lucky enough to see it up close in the National Museum of the US Air Force, before they moved it to the new hanger. That old hanger was inconvenient to access, but once you were there, you could get so close to this vast array of mind-boggling planes. I can say that I peered right into the cockpit of an X-15, just inches away from the glass of the window

[@shadowmoth9158]

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[@DarthV4d3r]

@@shadowmoth9158 no tbh

[@youtubeveteran5769]

bless your wholesome soul

[@nunnil1655]

Can you think about how much I want to be rich next?

[@D3ATHDUDE2]

Me tooooo

[@Tsotha]

That's a lot of info about the XB-70 Valkyrie I have never heard of until now, from the challenges it was designed to solve over the technical issues early in testing to the alternative uses NASA wanted to put it to. Great animation as well, makes it clear how elegant yet intimidating its design look... the exact type of aircraft that deserves the title "Valkyrie". Always found it one of the most beautiful aircraft ever designed. Great job as usual Mustard!

[@nielsharksen78]

Imagine you were born in 1900 and an aviation enthusiast. In your childhood, you experience the first motor planes and 150km/h are fast, 300km are long range. When you retire in the 1960s, the Valkyrie flies with Mach 3 and (theoretically) can cross oceans. Must have been amazing to see this developent. My generation will experience the same with AI, Biotech and Human-Machine-Interfaces, I believe. Less visually spectacular, but probably even more impactful than high speed aviation.

[@Twigk1d]

yes

[@mobiusflammel9372]

I would hesitate to put AI on that list, but for the other two yeah.

[@nielsharksen78]

@@mobiusflammel9372 Why not AI? ChatGPT already was an impressive show of what is to come.

[@arthas640]

It's crazy how fast it changed. When my uncle went to school plastic was junk and largely useless, now he works on plastics for the aviation industry. My grandma, his mom, was born in a farmhouse without electricity, plumbing, or a car and she died In a house with a smart TV, smart phone, and hybrid car.

[@machoopichoo2]

Exactly, my grandfather trained as a blacksmith and briefly shod horses...and in the sam lifetime saw a man on the moon. Crazy. I think you are correct that AI and biotech, will bring even bigger changes...existential even.

[@faceofsarcasm4947]

Can we all just appreciate the level of detail in his modeling and animations? They are phenomenal!

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He bought the model

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@@jasond5140 yeah, it's amazing how everybody just repeats this same comment.

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I can't express enough how much effort you put into these videos, they're always worth the wait

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I agree and there are also multiple people working on them.

[@shadowmoth9158]

Wish it was one every month not one every 2 months or if we lucky 1 and half 😢😢😢 but still the best KZbin creator ever!

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Consider becoming a Patreon, we get a bonus video every time :D

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maybe subscribe to their terrible service of nebula and you'll get to see videos they don't think we on youtube deserve

[@zd1322]

@@penguinmaster7 lol so nebula is terrible??

[@ALOUD]

The XB70 is my favorite aircraft, Concorde is a close second. Seeing them tumble out the sky is literally heartbreaking. Rest in peace to the brave men that pushed technology to its limits.

[@ronjon7942]

I know. Whenever I see it in its death spiral, my heart really does break. Such a sad waste of brilliant test pilots and a beautiful craft.

[@Defender78]

@@ronjon7942 i've posted this on other aviation videos, but in my mind, as an aviation buff, I imagine various "what-ifs" in aviation. If the YB-49 entered service and bombed Germany in WW2, and later versions later joined the B-52 in raids on Hanoi... if the F-20 Tigershark was put into production... and if the XB-70 entered service and was upgraded through the decades alongside the B-1B, and still in service today. I could daydream about these alt-history outcomes for hours...

[@toxichammertoe8696]

with all the failures and damages that plane took during testing, it proved it take can serious a beating and still be able to get the pilots home safely

[@Wallyworld30]

The XB-70 Valkyrie and SR71 Blackbird both first flew just 19 years after WW2 (1964). Technology advanced at lightning speed during those 2 Decades!

[@stuartd9741]

Considering the Rate of progress in such a short time. What secrets do they have today with all the computer modeling, composites and metallurgy experience....?

[@HuntingTarg]

@@stuartd9741 The secrets of yesterday become the (told or untold) history of tomorrow.

[@DrWhom]

@@stuartd9741 Jet engine tech opened up new niches that were filled with admirable speed and efficiency, it is true, and development since the 60s or so can seem lacklustre by comparison. A similar rapid explosion of innovation will occur as soon as propulsion tech makes it next leap forwards. My hopes are pinned on the SABRE engine, but we will have to wait and see.

[@CockatooDude]

It didn't advance as fast as most people think. The building blocks had been there in the 1920's and 1930's, it was just a question of optimizing and scaling. The advances that did happen were very visually distinguishable though so it seems like they happened overnight but it's not really the case.

[@ArghyadeepPal]

Similar to the world's first bullet train, the Shinkansen which launched operations in the same year.

[@daflotsam]

Two pilots lost. Just to clarify, only one of the XB-70 pilots, Major Carl Cross, died; the second pilot who died was Pilot Joe Walker in his F-104. Pilot Al White, the chief test pilot of the XB-70, was able to engage his ejection capsule and survive with some injuries.

[@blockstacker5614]

didn't the surviving pilots arm get caught in the capsule's clamshell?

[@fridaycaliforniaa236]

@@blockstacker5614 Yeah but he managed to retract it and close the capsule (not without a strong pain, if I remember right).

[@daflotsam]

@@fridaycaliforniaa236 Exactly. And he landed so hard he put a butt dent in the medal seat...jacked up his back a good bit. His co-pilot couldn't get the mechanism engaged soon enough and the G forces kept him from being retraced back into the clamshell.

[@creator4413]

Oh my lord what a nightmare… makes me shudder

[@jackeldridge1319]

Joe Walker was definitely the biggest loss, best test pilot NASA and the USAF had at the time. He flew the X-15, crazy talented man

[@komnishura]

What incredible innovation they had in the 50s and 60s. No wonder they had high hope for 2000 and beyond :-)

[@shanedaley6236]

This is why I love this era of creativity we were coming up with wild things a lot not possible and some never worked but the ones that made it in some cases as far as this was amazing unfortunately lives were lost in many experiments of creativity and advancement

[@matirs342]

Such an incredible plane (and a very cool looking one). The quality of the models and renders is outstanding, somehow they look better with each video.

[@ElsinoreRacer]

An ex-girlfriend's Dad was an AF test pilot and was in the GE photo formation, flying I forget what. I remember he said that with time compression at the time, the 16 seconds the XB-70 flew on seemed like forever. He figured that the drooped wingtips were giving lateral stability and was trying to remember if there had been a calculated max-droop while landing. He said he had time to wonder if the max-droop would be defined by ground clearance or by center of gravity. The wing-droop while supersonic also had the effect of shifting the center of lift forward to offset nature's pushing it (center of lift) back at high mach (This was the trifecta of the wing droop: compression lift, additional lateral (rudder area) stability, and forward center of lift shift). Drooping at sub-sonic speeds was limited by how much fuel you could pump forward to move the CG forward or it got tail heavy. So he had what felt like forever to run numbers in his head. Then it Dutch-rolled and then flat-hatted and came apart. He also said it was difficult in an odd way to formate up to because it was hard to settle on visual cues for separation, to run parallel. He later worked for GE.

[@HuntingTarg]

Thanks for the story; screenshotted. You had a brush with aviation history.

[@hbdragon88]

The other aircraft in that formation were a T-38A Talon, F-4B Phantom, and a YF-5A Freedom Fighter. Did some quick searching online; other than the pilots directly involved, I can only find Col. Joseph F. Cotton mentioned, but the aircraft he was flying is not named (only it was supersonic, but all three aircraft I named above are capable of supersonic speeds). Maybe if I can find the official accident report...anyway, thanks for sharing your story.

[@connorjohnson4402]

@@hbdragon88 its an F104 starfighter and its the aircraft that caused the crash. Theres a detailed report on the whole incident of you do some searching

[@hbdragon88]

@@connorjohnson4402 ...yes, I'm aware of that, but that wasn't at all related to thetopic at hand. OP's story is that the dad of one of his ex-girlfriend's was one of the AF test pilots flying in that ill-fated formation, so I was trying to figure out the names of those three pilots, but I could only find one.

[@fuzzybutkus8970]

@@hbdragon88 great reply to a great comment.Well done.I’m a truck driver and I love how pilots are so supporting of each other.Steering wheel holders do they’re best to tear each other apart. Pics all over Y/T of trucks in the worst positions with no context of how they got there. A guy could be a hero rolling 80k to save a church bus but people think he or she are tired,stoned Etc. I’m retired now over 4 million miles driven and I see the industry that paid for my house,fed my family Etc thought of as drug addicts and scumbags. Like a said nice job on reply.

[@quintonworden6318]

I remember seeing the one they had on display at the USAF museum in Dayton a few years ago and thought it was an incredible concept. Particularly seeing it just a couple hangars away from primitive WW1 planes, it really puts into perspective just how fast aviation technology progressed in just a few decades. It was also a big reminder that for better or worse nothing fuels innovation like war.

[@Leanzazzy]

Yep. The sad and amazing thing that set both World Wars apart from the others was that (apart from the massive scale) both of them were wars of technology. New and terrifying weapons were being built by the day and what was tried and tested one day was useless the next.

[@vistacharlie7933]

i happened to have had a 1927 copy of a brochure titled " A little journey to the home of the engineering division, army air services". It was apparently an open house brochure for mcCook field, dayton ohio. It showed wing testing, propeller test stands, new fangled parachutes, etc. This was the era of fabric coated biplanes. I always thought that the Barling bomber was noteworthy. This was a triplane wing bomber with 4 engines, open cockpit, at least one engineer/gunner between the two wing engines. it was billed as the worlds largest airplane. while i realize no remaining craft exist, i always thought that the Barling (the original B1 bomber :-) ) should be displayed next to a museum B-1B just to show off the contrast in 50 years of air engineering.

[@Jjames763]

Or rather, nothing fuels innovation like _motivation,_ war is just highly motivating that way. It’s nothing intrinsic to war, really, just a matter of what humans deem sufficiently urgent.

[@Boab689]

@@Jjames763 like survival of the fittest almost

[@PlayBoX-qq9kr]

“Necessity is the mother of invention”. The necessity to beat the other military and survive is a quite a driving factor to invent and innovate.

[@PrydeWater901]

5:55 awww! Look at the puppy!!

[@frankwaugh1894]

Fantastic video on the history of the valkyrie. I saw it at the air force museum . It is mind boggling huge. I had a buddy stand under it for several pictures. The 6 engines look straight out of star wars. The underside is flat and looks as long as a football field. I can't think of many other planes that have other full size jets UNDER their wings! Truly awe inspiring to see it in the flesh...absolutely awe inspiring.

[@Mr.Who3]

been here for quite some time when Mustard was still relatively small. Always thought you deserved more, glad you've come this far. Keep up these amazing videos and go even higher!!

[@MustardChannel]

Really appreciate it :)

[@tomppeli.]

I know, right? The first Mustard video I think I saw was the one on the De Havilland Comet and after watching that video I took a look at the subscriber count in awe The CGI with how the channel seemed to appear out of nowhere blew me away

[@Cabry]

XB-70 is a beast of engineering

[@GhostOfDamned]

And looks impressive

[@mikewizz1895]

@@GhostOfDamned it looks a long way ahead of it's time

[@DrWhom]

@@mikewizz1895 unlike your spelling

[@isaiahc8390]

This world is rapidly passing away and I hope that you repent and take time to change before all out disaster occurs! Belief in messiah alone is not enough to grant you salvation - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36) if you believed in Messiah you would be following His commands as best as you could. If you are not a follower of Messiah I would highly recommend becoming one. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life - Revelation 3:20. Contemplate how the Roman Empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13 over the course of 1260+ years. Revelation 17 confirms that the beast is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years going back to Babylon and before, C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate once you start a relationship with God. Can't get a response from God? Fasting can help increase your perception and prayer can help initiate events. God will ignore you if your prayer does not align with His purpose (James 4:3) or if you are approaching Him when "unclean" (Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 59:2, Micah 3:4). Stop eating food sacrificed to idols (McDonald's, Wendy's etc) stop glorifying yourself on social media or making other images of yourself (Second Commandment), stop gossiping about other people, stop watching obscene content etc. Have a blessed day!

[@christianbolt5761]

Seeing it at the museum was amazing. That and the blackbird are my all time favorites

[@_H__T_]

In 1976 I've seen the XB70 aged 6 years old in reality at Wright Patterson Museum, Dayton and I was impressed at once by the design of that plane! And this impression of design still lasts until today!

[@sunrisedwn2146]

I was able to see it in person at the us air force museum and i can confirm it is absolutely massive, like you can only really admire it's size in person

[@DatacronKeeperEvan]

I assume at Wright Patterson? It is indeed massive, and very stunning.

[@sunrisedwn2146]

@@DatacronKeeperEvan yes, the be and really all the planes after the Korean war were really bigger than expected

[@TangoMikeLima]

Visiting that museum is definitely on my bucket list. Will retire next year, maybe then.

[@KaushikBala333]

Isnt this the fastest mach 3 plane ever built

[@kutter_ttl6786]

@@KaushikBala333 The XB-70 had a top speed of Mach 3.1. The the SR-71 is still faster at Mach 3.32.

[@ordovicianinnova]

It's always the most interesting aircraft that go first. The Valkyries especially, such a fascinating irregular design for a plane.

[@DrWhom]

irregular? you mean unusual? groundbreaking? innovative?

[@elitepauper7400]

@@DrWhom no he meant irregular. You can read right?

[@CD_Character]

Avro Arrow.

[@ordovicianinnova]

@@CD_Character yeah , what about it?

[@CD_Character]

@@ordovicianinnova Another ground-breaking aircraft that was taken out before it could go into service. A number of the Avro engineers ended up on the Apollo program.

[@terrylandess6072]

I remember my dad making this model when I was a child. Unforgettable.

[@justkay9855]

How are you. I Am here

[@ImInLoveWithBulla]

I love how even when they didn’t achieve the contract, American builders would be given an insane proposal like “build us a human who can run a marathon in 1 hour, bench press 900 pounds, and swim the English Channel. All on 1,000 calories a day”. And the manufacturers just said “okie dokes”.

[@tantuzunalp2322]

This channel is the definition of quality over quantity.

[@karllizades7235]

Too bad he post like every 1-3 months, maybe thats why his videos are high quality

[@revandchristian8934]

@@karllizades7235 Watch his other video on nebula

[@SeyiL-zk6lu]

Takes time to develop animations

[@CockatooDude]

I wish people making these comments would come up with something else to say. Like yeah I get it, the videos are nice, but I've heard it 3 million time already all across KZbin, all across a bunch of different channels. People just want likes...

[@isaiahc8390]

This world is rapidly passing away and I hope that you repent and take time to change before all out disaster occurs! Belief in messiah alone is not enough to grant you salvation - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36) if you believed in Messiah you would be following His commands as best as you could. If you are not a follower of Messiah I would highly recommend becoming one. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life - Revelation 3:20. Contemplate how the Roman Empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13 over the course of 1260+ years. Revelation 17 confirms that the beast is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years going back to Babylon and before, C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate once you start a relationship with God. Can't get a response from God? Fasting can help increase your perception and prayer can help initiate events. God will ignore you if your prayer does not align with His purpose (James 4:3) or if you are approaching Him when "unclean" (Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 59:2, Micah 3:4). Stop eating food sacrificed to idols (McDonald's, Wendy's etc) stop glorifying yourself on social media or making other images of yourself (Second Commandment), stop gossiping about other people, stop watching obscene content etc. Have a blessed day!

[@bluedazz]

I got to see the XB70A's maiden flight. I was in the 4th grade in Palmdale, Ca. My father worked at Edwards AFB. We did not go to school that day, but out to the base to see this magnificent flight. The unfortunate clip by one of the escort jets on the XB70B's flight was very sad. This was a beautiful aircraft.

[@jacejenkins8085]

Saw the one they have at the airforce museum in Dayton Ohio and it’s absolutely incredible I couldn’t quit walking around it

[@NikHem343]

Having no clue about engineering or aircraft but loving this channel, I begin to understand that the most grim wars produced some of the most awe inspiring technology and I cannot decide how I feel about that.

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Human ingenuity when it comes to engineering never fails to blow my mind.

[@rexdv8]

Especially when it comes to human ingenuity for the purpose of the destruction of humanity

[@alphaomega8373]

Robot Wars

[@blackholeentry3489]

@@rexdv8 The hippies were right.....Make love, NOT war.

[@Tutel._.2522]

Yeah me too but.... Why are you also here bro I thought you liked anime and stuff like this but you are on half of the videos I see! How u do dis?

[@joealcamo8901]

Too bad we use technology for weapons and can’t make car engines that get 100+ mpg! That way we do not kneed Electric Cars!

[@red_day6097]

So sad for those pilots who died. Brave men for sure. I couldn't imagine how scary it was to fly such a large plane that didn't have the best results. The pilot must have known there would have been a 20% chance he would die. Literally almost every time it flew something major happened.

[@Maniacc007]

Yeah..but the crash was not because of fault in the plane itself, but due to some other jet colliding in it🤦

[@red_day6097]

@@Maniacc007 oh okay. Good to know. I thought the ejector didn't work and that's why he died.

[@Maniacc007]

@@red_day6097 Well yes the immediate cause of death was the ejector, but it was needed because of the crash. There were 3 people in total. Two on valkyrie and 1 on F-104 fighter jet. If the ejector had worked, both pilots of Valkyrie would have suvived, but the jet pilot who crashed, would still die.

[@milicoA]

I'm not sad, they were soldiers testing war machinas designed to murder people like me. I'm glad they died.

[@winternow2242]

@@red_day6097 the ejecting seat probably worked fine, but accounts suggest that the pilot was unconscious, probably because of the g forces that built up as the plane tumbled.

[@urbanus3546]

As always very, very informative, interesting and incredibly well done video. Thanx a lot. 👍👍👍

[@ThomasGrillo]

This was a beautiful looking aircraft. Had a model of it, back in the 70s. Thanks for sharing this.

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[@emerald39]

Ok

[@malcolm824]

Definitely a bot account

[@Latinkon]

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[@fsexplorer9727]

Damn, curiosity stream needs new members so bad they're resorting to bots with a sponsorship script? That's low.

[@jager8148]

@@fsexplorer9727 Am I a bot for trying to help support small creators? Curiosity's doing fine on members, they don't need bots.

[@3xfaster]

The Valkyrie as a passenger jet? It would certainly scream “American STS” next to the Concord on the tarmac!

[@DavidCurryFilms]

I believe the flipside of this coin was the short lived Bombcorde proposal (to nuclear arm a concord for military use). Never made it beyond paper.

[@thorrollosson]

That's a truly nutty thing to comprehend. A passenger aircraft nearly as fast as an SR-71, and faster than a Concorde by a margin as large or larger than standard 737 or Airbus A3xx cruising speeds, lol.

[@majorborngusfluunduch8694]

That proposal was doomed before it was even conceived. The Lockheed and Boeing SSTs were both, on paper, "Concorde Killers". " Second Generation" SSTs purpose built (or designed, i guess) as airliners rather than bombers mutated into passenger carriers.

[@CockatooDude]

I can't even begin to think of how expensive tickets on it would be. I imagine it consumed at least as much fuel as the Concorde, and the passenger capacity looks to be about half of the Concorde's, so 25 grand minimum for a 1 way ticket across the Atlantic.

[@3xfaster]

@@CockatooDude $25,000!? Maybe $2,500 you mean, or where tickets that expensive?

[@DCEntropy]

This was always my favorite aircraft to see at WPAFB when I was a kid. Thanks for the video.

[@whatsreal7506]

This is without a doubt, the best presentation of this aircraft I've ever seen! Coming from an engineer... Yes, I have been there...

[@BigFrankinUSA]

One of the most beautiful aircraft ever built. One crashed, one in museum. There'll never be another like it.

[@Stephan1988]

The Tu-160 “White Swan” is a beautiful bird too. And it is a highly successful one.

[@General5USA]

Do cry….What is not being told here is that America built at least 5 of them for regular use of top politicians and dignitaries and congress people back then and NASA built a bunch for recreation use for the Shahs and Sheiks in the middle east for recreation. It is there that some engineers attempted to put a bomb on it as a war machine. It didn’t work however, just too heavy and much too much drag. What a horrible way to kill a beautiful airplane ….A plane that was designed from the mind of a child with a paper airplane that he brought into the Northrop plant one day. Two more dents

[@extec101]

xb70 is a beautiful aircraft tho sr71 is still my favorite.

[@whatshisname3304]

bit hopeless really.

[@samwise7538]

I don't know if I would call it particularly beautiful - it's incredibly boxy - but it was certainly impressive looking.

[@anthonynelson9136]

The North American XB70, the Grumman F14, and the Lockheed Constellation are all terrific-looking machines.

[@Boeing-ER-yj8nn]

the trio of iconic american engineer

[@LukeTansiongco]

SR-71 as well

[@Boeing-ER-yj8nn]

@@LukeTansiongco indeed, dont forget the legendary f15 with 105 air-to-air kill with no lost, of the f4 phantom breaking alot of world recotd

[@Alwaysherethere]

I've always been so fasanated with our military planes. And I'm 71 now and still just as fascinated !

[@paulwallace4408]

Hi Margaret

[@jimstorie9150]

Absolutely one of my favorites, i would always visit it at The Air Force Museum as i only lived 5 minutes from there, excellent video!!

[@jillesbruggenkamp5072]

Always brings a smile to my face when i see you upload love the story telling and animations

[@scrithen2836]

@@jillesbruggenkamp5072 you know you can edit comments

[@jillesbruggenkamp5072]

@@scrithen2836 thanks mate good shout

[@331SVTCobra]

One of this aircraft's shortcomings that I find humorous is due to the placement of the "nose" gear. Since the forward landing gear is back at the middle of the aircraft and the pilots are well forward of it, when the aircraft traverses over slight undulations in the runway the pilots will, thanks to geometry, travel up and down three or four times greater than the nose wheel does. The pilots were said to get motion sickness while taxiing.

[@alphakky]

What, and put a humongous nosewheel up front? If a pilot would get messed up by a few runway undulations, then he shouldn't be flying. Besides, everyone thought having the pilot so high up in a 747 would make it tough to fly, especially land.

[@331SVTCobra]

@@alphakky I said what I said, and what I said is true. Your point about the 747 has absolutely zero relevance.

[@ulrichraymond8372]

@331SVTCobra I was wondering if we would get a higher compression lift due to ground effect?.

[@Mike-Bell]

@@331SVTCobra touchy some!

[@majoroz4876]

@@alphakky I was a flight test engineer at Edwards............and raced sailboats on Puget Sound. "undulations" are a WHOLE different thaaaaang...........

[@linus9457]

Imagine WW1 pilots encountering this thing

[@DemitriVladMaximov]

Had a great time. Thanks for the great video.

[@nova3530onyt]

I can't express how much I love your content. It's so clean and well presented. Informative and entertaining. You're awesome!

[@hemant5718]

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[@johnny2401]

The valkyrie is my favourite bomber and its one of the most beautiful planes ever built.

[@tyomikshkolnik7988]

Your opinion

[@six-pack1332]

I concur with your assessment. 👍

[@DrWhom]

I think some of its airframe design features would carry over to SSTO orbital flight vehicles, so we may yet see more of it

[@dickjohnson7432]

I had the wonderful opportunity to see the XB-70 at the national Air Force museum. One of my favorite planes of all time, thank you for making this video on this unique piece of history.

[@donmcneal233]

Kayleigh, love your passions & dimensions of presentations. You're a joy & a hoot to watch & I do get something from you I didn't know before. Thanks kid & enjoy your ventures in Egypt. (Find Cleopatra's grave...!... lol!)

[@Agent_3141]

I remember seeing the only remaining aircraft in the experimental hangar at the Dayton Air Force Museum. It was amazing. I'm so happy they moved it to the main location so everyone can see it

[@iananderson5050]

I went to the same High School as Joseph Walker, one of the test pilots who died in the photo op. He was also an astronaut who flew various X-15 tests. Many photos of him coming to visit in old 1960s yearbooks. He even had a local elementary school named after him for a time. I believe he was piloting the F-104 starfighter thay collided with the XB-70, though I can't recall. The entire photo op was clouded in scandal due to improper authorizations and ignored protocols.

[@General5USA]

Yep! Good old Joe Walker….. always where he wasn’t!

[@General5USA]

@Galileo7of9 good luck on documented…witnesses say something else…they ain’t dead yet😡

[@General5USA]

@Galileo7of9 I will not!

[@General5USA]

@Galileo7of9 And such conversations with you are purposeless. Aaahhh....Mennnnn!

[@CaseyCollier]

What the hell are you two arguing about? Ian posted his comment and it's entirely clear what he meant by the things he said, so what exactly is your issue with it, Galileo7of9? It also isn't very clear to me what your disagreements are, regarding the AV-2 incident, so would you mind explaining that?

[@davidrubinstein9722]

My favorite aircraft from the first time I saw it. So happy I could see it in person.

[@zacharyfindlay-maddox171]

What a beautiful plane! Looks like a real starfighter

[@BluishGreenPro]

In a way, I'm glad it became a supersonic research aircraft and never saw conflict. Probably one of the most striking aircraft designs, behind only my favorite; the SR-71

[@catnip202xch.]

It’s so sci-fi looking. Truly breathtaking. Like the circular mono wing that the French developed.

[@TgsMaverick]

I saw the surviving Valkyrie at the USAF Museum before the new hangar was built. Back then it was in a hangar you needed to sign up for a bus ride to. It barely fit in this hangar, and all sorts of other x-planes were parked under it, such as the x-15 and x-24b. Still one of the coolest airplane experiences I've had.

[@JJs_playground]

I've never heard of this plane until now and wow! What an amazing design.

[@bogusBoHeegan_11]

I know I'm a little late, but you have such amazing videos. I watch every video I can each one is very interesting.

[@artisan002]

My grandfather actually helped with this project! He was contracted out - via his regular gig running the machine shop at American Airlines' maintenance and overhaul facility - to fix quality control issues in fabrication. I still have the team photo and thank you letter they sent him. Need to get it all matted and framed.

[@markbaker6623]

Our grandfather's worked together. He was a Maintenance Chief from 1937-1977 .

[@artisan002]

@@markbaker6623 At the Tulsa facility?

[@markbaker6623]

@@artisan002 Yes my grandfather worked in Tulsa. He also ran maintenance in Chicago, Detroit , LAX and Dallas. He also spent most of WW2 in India with American Airlines in the Air Transport Command.

[@oadka]

Wow

[@MrNecryptic]

Very cool thread!

[@edward9142]

The XB-70 looks like something out from the future and looks like it was meant to fly in space

[@Shvetsario]

Doesn't look futuristic anymore lol

[@pato814]

Your videos is awesome!! All the good things for you!

[@NeedABigrHammer]

Always love seeing the XB70 in Dayton. Such an incredible piece of aviation history

[@millardiii]

I remember the day the Valkyrie was delivered to the Museum of the United States Air Force 1969. I was in second grade and was on the playground at school. This huge airplane with a very unusual silhouette flew directly over us in slow motion at low altitude making a lot of noise. A few moments later, it circled back and did it again. From what I have been told, the plane arrived a heavy (too much fuel) so the pilot flew it low and slow over the suburbs of Dayton to show it off and burn off extra fuel. It was amazing! I share this story with anyone who will listen every time I visit the museum (once every year or two).

[@willgaukler8979]

... I believe you ...

[@jshepard152]

That's fantastic.

[@the_m18hellkitty91]

I can’t believe it Every time we think he’s peaked at quality it just keeps better Keep it up Mustard👍🏻👊🏻

[@jordanhill4870]

"he"? lol

[@islandmaiden009]

Yes, time to apply mustard in my vegemite.

[@XavierLeFrancais]

A strategic supersonic nuclear bomber who was still in service in 1990, with outstanding performance & doing his job well was the Mirage IV. Both Mirage IV and the X-70 are beautifull jets.

[@playanddisplay3636]

The wing tips being fully down to capture the compression for lift had a second advantage. It allowed for shorter vertical stabilizers to be used because in their maximum angle the wing tips acted as vertical stabilizers. Reducing drag leading edges further.

[@saturnv2419]

I think most people overlooked the fact that B-2's flywing design not only give it great radar deflecting ability, but also reduced drag so it had a very long range.

[@HuntingTarg]

That design was a different kind of revolutionary. The B-1 tried it, but the turboprops and later turbines created so much leading and trailing turbulence that superior aerodynamic efficiency was never achieved. The materials advances that made the B-2 so lightweight by comparison also helped the drag reduction factor. If ICBMs become neutralized by DEWs and hypersonic interceptor vehicles, then the B-2 and the Valkyrie might become relevant once again.

[@jithendraaproop9473]

Amazing piece of engineering. A salute to the people who were behind this project.

[@H.EL-Othemany]

Lol it's not. It was a failure.. how's that makes it an amazing piece of engineering?

[@jithendraaproop9473]

@@H.EL-Othemany Failure is the stepping stone to success. An aircraft is a culmination of systems and sub-systems. Many of those lessons learnt would have been used in a later aircraft.

[@Ignacio.Romero]

@@H.EL-Othemany How is a 3+ mach bomber that actually worked not an amazing piece of engineering?

[@H.EL-Othemany]

@@Ignacio.Romero it didn't work... Didn't you watched the video?

[@Ignacio.Romero]

@@H.EL-Othemany What? Did you watch the video? It worked until another plane crashed into it destroying it

[@zuks7848]

Excellent video the CGI is amazing

[@thegeneralproductions2534]

I've seen this in person, it is absolutely giant, i cannot even fathom it in person

[@PasteleriaLinas]

What a wonderful machine. People and engineers were allowed to dream back then. This, Concorde, Tu-144… the future seemed very promising back then… good times!

[@craigkingdon4424]

More like health and safety standards were suggestions lol

[@shadowmoth9158]

NEW MUSTARD VIDEO=BEST DAY EVER EVERYONE HAPPY AF

[@unocualqu1era]

@@craigkingdon4424 But you have to admit the pace in which technology was evolving back in the 40's 50's and 60's was stunning, people could dream about incredible stuff and it might actually become a reality a few years later. No wonder they thought we'd have big mars colonies by now.

[@sidefx996]

@@craigkingdon4424 People had to push the envelope so you can enjoy the things you take for granted these days

[@PasteleriaLinas]

@@craigkingdon4424 Yes I have to agree, the safety has improved exponentially. Today's turbofan engines are much more fuel efficient as well. But then again, we've been riding the same horse for what, 60 years? And there's no real visible change on the horizon. That's why I feel like it must have been really exciting to be an aircraft engineer or even a passenger in the 1960s. There were some real changes on the horizon at the time. Yes the supersonic tech failed (except the fighter jets), but at the time it must have been really exciting to see the "revolution" no matter what!

[@uzair851]

the amount of effort and time put into this video is absolutely insane. Mad respects. Love your content

[@Eduardo_Espinoza]

From my lengthy experience from banjo & qazooy nuts& bolts, making it slim, long & whole actually helped to max out the speed gauge. :)

[@user-qk5ys4xz2t]

More than half-a-century old, and still looks strikingly modern.. They actually had the engineering power to get it flying, wow.

[@connoissuer_of_class]

The thing is even more awe inspiring in person. The last one can be seen up close here at the Airforce Museum in Ohio.

[@Yuki_Ika7]

I live just about 2 hours away from there, I will go there this summer!

[@saxreaper]

Why the hell would they put something that cool in Ohio

[@nedrudt21]

@@saxreaper all the best of aviation comes from Ohio, didn’t you know?!?

[@connoissuer_of_class]

@@saxreaper Wright brothers, probably

[@jshepard152]

@@saxreaper Wright brothers >>> Wright-Patterson >>> Air Force Museum

[@carlkinder8201]

One of the lesser known XB-70 subsystems in developement was the "Pye Wacket" anti-missile system. Disc shaped anti-missile missiles would have been stacked vertically in auxiliary weapons bays which would have been able to pre-orient (rotate) the defensive missile toward the direction of incoming SAMs and then launch them in a head on intercept while maintaining mach 3 flight, and without the need to perform defensive maneuvers. The system was canceled with the XB-70.

[@jocax188723]

I’m sorry, ‘disc-shaped anti-missile missile’ got me giggling. Point-defence CDs.

[@ronjon7942]

That is interesting indeed. Thank you, something for me to research. I’m surprised that kind of defensive tech never made it to other bombers, tankers, large recce, etc.

[@highwayred480]

I grew up in Palmdale Ca, and when I was in second grade this plane flew about every day and the air booms were awesome

[@grahamduensing121]

Well... I just had this sudden urge to watch a Mustard vid but I couldn't remember what the channel was until I saw this vid and well... Nothing has changed since the last time I watched ur vids. Still loving your style!!

[@Phrancis5]

As amazing as the SR-71 blackbird is, I've always been more fascinated by the Valkyrie. So graceful and futuristic, even by today's standards.

[@moisesledesma7492]

Same is SR-7 blackbird,a futuristic groundbreaking machine

[@bohodiryetmishev722]

@Shiro Saleem 6ò

[@Shadowfax-1980]

In a happy coincidence, Paul Stewart came out with a walk around of the only surviving XB-70 on the same day as this video. The 2 videos compliment each other nicely.

[@richardpayne2625]

Such an a amazing aircraft, the remaining example is in Dayton Ohio at the Air Force museum. It was not this aircrafts fault for the crafts crash when the chase aircraft hit it.

[@Boeing-ER-yj8nn]

*perfectly balanced, as all thing should be*

[@j.j.anthony1200]

Truly interesting material, thank you.

[@MrPolymers]

In 1969 my father took us down to Wright Patterson Air Force base just after the final Valkyrie landed. I was 11 years old and remember it well.

[@braydendiaz1392]

The quality and detail in this video is just insane, keep up the good work Mustard!

[@cool_calm_b]

I watch a lot of content about various subject on KZbin. There are few that are as visually striking and informative in research as this channel. The content is stellar and beyond what I could articulate in a KZbin comment. This content has won me over enough to sign up for Curiously Stream / Nebula so I can see even more Mustard content. Keep up the good work and thanks!

[@jamesjoros1853]

What an incredible aircraft

[@lmeza1983]

It looks so cool in the CGI.

[@HuntingTarg]

Stunning visuals, captivating music, and historically and technically astute narration. Another BIG WIN for this channel. Thanks so much Mustard and Addecco! Will definitely be looking you up on CuriosityStream 😎👍

[@heidirabenau511]

He's on nebula

[@4evraggie821]

Did this plane for my CATIA project and this thing was such a pain, especially the fuselage and inlets so good on you. A note on the XB-70 was its boron based fuel, which I believe was highly toxic and corrosive. So if the engines didn't get blown out, they wouldn't have a long service life due to the corrosion. But, that's what you get when trying to go fast back in the day.🙂

[@alphakky]

Nope. Boron "zip" fuel was a dead end.

[@HuntingTarg]

@@alphakky Boron-based fuels, probably; Boron is too reactive to be allowed to contact operation-critical metal parts like turbine blades or vortex vanes. There are other options, akin to 'nitrous' for an ICE, that I don't think have been operationally tested.

[@DrWhom]

This is why the passenger concept was bunkum. That would have been a million a one way ticket! The reason it was OK for military is that nuclear delivery capability is a desperately needed condition for survival. To date France still relies (partly) on aircraft-carried delivery of its nuclear deterrent, so as to be entirely self-reliant and capable of a counter strike in extremis.

[@ElliotDrinksWater]

I've been waiting for this video every since i found your channel

[@roykronvall3396]

The XB-70 was my favorite as a kid.

[@broddsaviation5471]

Imagine if Mustard made an add-on aircraft for any flight simulator, it would for sure be top notch when it comes to modeling and animation

[@Sebastian-og7qv]

Your videos are absolute god tier and the quality of it too. Worth the wait and love

[@eracer1111]

Very well done. Subscribed!

[@MurcuryEntertainment]

You start to appreciate how and why the development of rocket technology occured when it did. It's a lot easier to extend the range and increase the speed of an air craft when you don't need to worry about a return trip.