XB-70 Valkyrie: The Mach 3 Bomber That Pushed Aviation ... to watch it take off for the first time in 1964. The overall size was particularly impressive at 196 feet long. The tail itself was ...

Exemplifying the period was the North American XB-70 Valkyrie, a supersonic bomber with impressive specifications and a cult-like place in the annals of aviation history. Designed in the early ...