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  • George KG Offline
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    George K
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    #1

    Screenshot 2023-06-16 at 7.18.26 AM.png

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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    • MikM Away
      MikM Away
      Mik
      wrote on last edited by Mik
      #2

      Exhaust or intake of some sort. Possibly on a dam or a boat?

      "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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      • George KG Offline
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        #3

        The uncropped version:

        IMG_1723.JPG

        Context.

        image.jpeg

        The North American Aviation XB-70 Valkyrie was the prototype version of the planned B-70 nuclear-armed, deep-penetration supersonic strategic bomber for the United States Air Force Strategic Air Command. Designed in the late 1950s by North American Aviation (NAA), the six-engined Valkyrie was capable of cruising for thousands of miles at Mach 3+ while flying at 70,000 feet (21,000 m).

        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        • MikM Away
          MikM Away
          Mik
          wrote on last edited by
          #4

          Cool plane. I suspect this was the only one built? Cool name too.

          "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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          • George KG Offline
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            George K
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            There were two prototypes built.

            XB-70A
            Prototype of B-70. Two were built.

            • AV-1, NAA Model Number NA-278, USAF S/N 62-0001, completed 83 flights spanning 160 hours and 16 minutes.[104][105]
            • AV-2, NAA Model Number NA-278, USAF S/N 62-0207, flew 46 times over 92 hours and 22 minutes, before it crashed in June 1966.

            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            • George KG George K

              There were two prototypes built.

              XB-70A
              Prototype of B-70. Two were built.

              • AV-1, NAA Model Number NA-278, USAF S/N 62-0001, completed 83 flights spanning 160 hours and 16 minutes.[104][105]
              • AV-2, NAA Model Number NA-278, USAF S/N 62-0207, flew 46 times over 92 hours and 22 minutes, before it crashed in June 1966.
              AxtremusA Offline
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              @George-K Any information on their total life cycle costs?
              Might be interesting to see the figure for "$ per hour flown".

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              • CopperC Offline
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                I recognized those engines right away.

                That plane is beautiful, I have seen it at the Air Force Museum at Wright Pat

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