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Paperback Valkyrie: The North American Xb-70: The Usa's Ill-Fated Supersonic Heavy Bomber Book

ISBN: 1473822858

ISBN13: 9781473822856

Valkyrie: The North American Xb-70: The Usa's Ill-Fated Supersonic Heavy Bomber

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During the 1950s, at the time Elvis Presley was rocking the world with Hound Dog and the USA was aiming to become the world's only superpower, plans were being drawn at North American Aviation in Southern California for an incredible Mach-3 strategic bomber. The concept was born as a result of General Curtis LeMay's desire for a heavy bomber with the weapon load and range of the subsonic B-52 and a top speed in excess of the supersonic medium bomber,...

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