This is the XB-70 involved in the Barstow Mid-Air Collision.
Note: This was not made to make fun of the Crash, or things like that.
AG1: Simulate the Crash.
From Wikipedia
On 8 June 1966, XB-70A No. 2 was in close formation with four other aircraft (an F-4 Phantom, an F-5, a T-38 Talon, and an F-104 Starfighter) for a photoshoot at the behest of General Electric, manufacturer of the engines of all five aircraft. A sixth aircraft, a Learjet 23, had been contracted by General Electric to photograph the formation.
After the photoshoot, the F-104 drifted into the XB-70's right wingtip, flipped and rolled inverted over the top of the Valkyrie, before striking the bomber's vertical stabilizers and left wing. The F-104 then exploded, destroying the Valkyrie's vertical stabilizers and damaging its left wing. Despite the loss of both vertical stabilizers and damage to the wings, the Valkyrie flew straight for 16 seconds before it entered an uncontrollable spin and crashed north of Barstow, California.
Rest in Piece to the 2 People who died in the Crash.
Specifications
Spotlights
- IceCraftGaming 2 months ago
- Boeing727200F 2 months ago
- GuardianAerospace 2 months ago
General Characteristics
- Predecessor North American XB-70 Valkyrie
- Created On iOS
- Wingspan 55.9ft (17.0m)
- Length 109.2ft (33.3m)
- Height 17.5ft (5.3m)
- Empty Weight 45,296lbs (20,546kg)
- Loaded Weight 69,251lbs (31,411kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 2.92
- Wing Loading 37.3lbs/ft2 (182.3kg/m2)
- Wing Area 1,854.6ft2 (172.3m2)
- Drag Points 12277
Parts
- Number of Parts 258
- Control Surfaces 4
- Performance Cost 1,249
@GuardianAerospace aight, ima send you screenshots when it partially complete, just gonna do it fly, and then the engines
@Alternation if you want
@GuardianAerospace My XB-70?
@Alternation i can just take some for the gallery if you want. Tell me what details you would like it to have
@GuardianAerospace btw which screenshot you want?
@GuardianAerospace its still WIP, but i think i can
@Alternation T, can I take some of the screenshots? :3
@GuardianAerospace lol true, and btw im currently msking the XB-70 Valkyrie for my special lol
@Alternation ikr, but im also happy it happened because now we have the B1 Lancer :D
@GuardianAerospace Agreed, but fr if they continued, imagine the program cost if adjusted according to latest inflation rate
why is this getting so much more popular than my other stuff
It really annoys me that this was the best prototype of the 2 ever manufactured, and that the one remaining XB-70 performed poorly. I hate that they had to scrap the program because of this
Fun fact about this simulation of the crash, it is possible to recover enough that you can attempt to crash land back at the airport you took off from, though it will always end up crashing on touchdown