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kenlyco · **Joined:** Sat Dec 08, 2007 11:05 pm **Posts:** 656

....here but tell me would this not be great to see at an airshow!

P51Mstg · **Joined:** Tue Jan 25, 2005 11:36 am **Posts:** 1202

Actually, its been to exactly ONE airshow in Ft. Worth TX in I think 1965 or 1966......... Someone had posted some pics here about it.

Joe Walker that ran into it came from the same area I'm from (Washington PA) and went to the same college as me......... A mechanic who worked with my father back at Mohawk Airlines had previously worked at North American building #2. Small world....

Mark H

Robbie Stuart · **Posted:** Sat Jul 12, 2008 8:18 pm

That is one of the most awesome aircraft this country ever produced! :shock:

Yea I would have loved to have seen one fly. Throw in a B58 Hustler, & that would be a he11va show!

Robbie

K5DH · **Posted:** Sat Jul 12, 2008 8:45 pm

More here, including a shot of the XB-70 and B-58 in the air together!

http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/p ... light=xb70

Two more awesome, extinct aircraft that I never got to see fly. . . :cry:

Dean the born-too-late

Nathan · **Posted:** Sat Jul 12, 2008 8:57 pm

I will never see a B-58 and XB-70 fly. :cry:

But yes it would be cool to see both at an airshow. Ok, it would not be cool but AWESOME!

-Nate

kenlyco · **Joined:** Sat Dec 08, 2007 11:05 pm **Posts:** 656

Man ,those are great shots and those folks really got a treat that day .I should have done a search before I posted.

kenlyco · **Joined:** Sat Dec 08, 2007 11:05 pm **Posts:** 656

Found this on the net.

Robbie Roberts · **Posted:** Sun Jul 13, 2008 4:59 am

A bit of scorched paint there!

Robbie

CAPFlyer · **Posted:** Sun Jul 13, 2008 6:30 am

Not scorched, peeled. They never fully got it figured out on the XB-70, but the paint was applied too heavily on AV-1 when it rolled out and that was the result of the first supersonic flight. Back then the ability to precision apply thin paints and paint technology for such large structures wasn't well developed in addition to the fact that this aircraft was using an aluminum honeycomb structure that was untested as well.

They worked out most of the problems by the end of the program and most figured that the in service aircraft wouldn't have any problems.

Ztex · **Posted:** Sun Jul 13, 2008 11:43 am

Oh Yeah!

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