North American XB-70 Valkyrie

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/North_American_XB-70_Valkyrie
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:aircraft
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crew 2
gptkbp:designedFor high-altitude, high-speed penetration of Soviet airspace
gptkbp:developedBy 1950s–1960s
gptkbp:firstFlight 1964-09-21
gptkbp:height 9.4 m
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label North American XB-70 Valkyrie
gptkbp:introduced 1964
gptkbp:length 56.6 m
gptkbp:location gptkb:Wright-Patterson_Air_Force_Base
gptkbp:manufacturer gptkb:North_American_Aviation
gptkbp:maximumSpeed Mach 3.1
3,309 km/h
gptkbp:maxTakeoffWeight 250,000 kg
gptkbp:museum gptkb:National_Museum_of_the_United_States_Air_Force
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Valkyrie
gptkbp:notableEvent mid-air collision with F-104 Starfighter in 1966
gptkbp:numberBuilt 2
gptkbp:powerplant 6 × General Electric YJ93-GE-3 turbojet engines
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Convair_B-58_Hustler
gptkbp:primaryUser gptkb:United_States_Air_Force
gptkbp:projectCancelled yes
gptkbp:range 6,900 km
gptkbp:retired 1969
gptkbp:role bomber
gptkbp:serviceCeiling 23,000 m
gptkbp:status retired
gptkbp:successor none (program cancelled)
gptkbp:survived 1
gptkbp:testFlights 129
gptkbp:wingspan 32.0 m
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:B-70_program
gptkb:General_Electric_YJ93-GE-3_turbojet
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6