[Leica] IMG: Was D-21; Is XB-70

[philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)]

Ira,

Thanks for all your wonderful airplane photos. It gets better every  
time: when I was a child, I knew about every plane out of my head.  
Could tell which one it was by the sound only. The Valkyrie was one  
of the highest on my list. Same mythical class as the Vulcan f.i.:  
the genuinly original ariplane category.

I found a terrible report about the Starfighter/Valkyrie collision.  
Sheer drama:
<http://area51specialprojects.com/xb70_crash.html>

Philippe




Op 8-aug-07, om 02:03 heeft ISILVERMN@aol.com het volgende geschreven:

> On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 10:02:19 -0400, Lawrence Zeitlin
> _lrzeitlin@optonline.net_ (mailto:lrzeitlin@optonline.net)  wrote:
>
> "After you get done Googling the D-21, look up the B-70 to see a    
> really
> futuristic large airplane. Built largely of stainless steel,   
> almost  as long as
> a football field, and looking like something out of  a science   
> fiction movie,
> it could cruise at Mach 3 for 5000 miles.  Aircraft  aficionados  
> call it the
> "most beautiful airplane ever made."  I have a bit  of nostalgia  
> connected
> with the B-70. I designed the CCM  system for it  nearly 50 years  
> ago. It was
> obsoleted, along with the  B-58, by ICBMs. The  only remaining B-70  
> is in the
> Airforce Museum at  Wright-Dayton."
>
> Hi Larry,
>
> Thank you for the kind words.
>
> The XB-70A Valkyrie has always been a favorite of mine, ever since  
> I saw
> films of it in its prime.  There's still a voice in the back of my  
> mind  that
> says the real reason the program was canceled was that it couldn't   
> survive a
> mid-air collision with an F-104!
>
> This picture was taken in May 1977, when it was displayed outside  
> at the
> entrance to the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patt.  It has since  
> moved  indoors,
> where it is not nearly as accessible for photographers.
>
> _http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Aircraft/North 
> +American+XB-70A
> +-+May_+1977.jpg.html_
> (http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Aircraft/North 
> +American+XB-70A+-+May_+1977.jpg.html)
>
> Tech Stuff: M4, 35mm 'cron, Kodacolor 64
>
> If there's interest, I have additional transparencies that I can  
> scan this
> weekend.
>
> Comments welcomed and appreciated.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Ira Silverman
> Irvine, CA
>
>
>
>
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