XB-70 Valkerie Pilot's Flight Operating Manual
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Rating | : | 4.30 (835 Votes) |
Asin | : | 1935700359 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 542 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2014-07-05 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
First is that the copy quality is not the best and is a bit blurry on all paged woomaster Fairly well composed reconstruction with a few criticisms. First is that the copy quality is not the best and is a bit blurry on all paged. Second is that the manual is incomplete.confidential supplement T.O. 1B-70 (x)A-1A was not included. Surely it has long s
The XB-70 Valkyrie was an aircraft ahead of its time. The remaining craft was retired in 1969. This affordable facsimile has been slightly reformatted. Equipped with drooping wingtips, and designed with one of the highest lift-to-drag ratios in aviation history, the XB-70 challenged the known concepts of the flight envelope and demanded extraordinary developments in engineering and construction. The test program produced promising results, including a Mach 3 flight in May of 1966. Originally printed by NASA and the Air Force in the 1960's, this Flight Operating Handbook taught pilots everything they needed to know before entering the cockpit. Classified "Restricted", the manual was recently declassified and is here reprinted in book form. Yet after a disastrous collisi