Valkyrie: North American's Mach 3 Superbomber
Published by: Specialty Press,U.S.
Authors: Dennis R Jenkins, Tony Landis
Book Catagory: Aircraft
Sub Catagory: Bombers
Type: Hardback
- Comprehensive and detailed
- Over 250 photos and illustrations
- Square format
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The North American Valkyrie was an outstanding aircraft, and the largest aircraft ever to fly at Mach 3. This well researched and illustated book covers the North American Aviation XB-70A Valkyrie in fascinating detail. The book to buy for the whole story of the Valkyrie.
The XB-70 began life in 1954, in design studies performed for a USAF request, which specified a high-altitude bomber that would carry a heavy warload and cruise at Mach 3 over long range at high altitude.
Although only two prototypes of the XB-70 were built, completing 164 flights between them, the beauty and power of the XB-70 Valkyrie still fascinate today.
"Valkyrie: North American's Mach 3 Superbomber" is an unusual format Hardback, a little over 10 inches square, with 276 pages and over 250 photographs plus other illustrations. With an extraordinary level of detail the entire history of the program is covered. If you want to know everything about the XB-70 Valkyrie , this is the definitive guide.
