Aeroplane Aviation Archive — Issue 33 The World’s Fastest Aircraft
(^80) UNITED STATES Above: Maj Robert M. ‘Bob’ White is helped out of the cockpit of an X-15 at Edwards AFB, CA. He became the ...
NORTH AMERICAN XB-70 VALKYRIE 81 L ike nothing before it and nothing since, the B-70 Valkyrie was a technological masterpiece. D ...
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(^84) UNITED STATES The XB-70A number 1 (62-0001) made its first flight from Palmdale to Edwards Air Force Base, CA, on 21 Septe ...
NORTH AMERICAN XB-70 VALKYRIE^85 NA XB-70A Valkyrie Max speed: Mach 3.1 (2,056mph/3,309km/h) Engine: 6 x General Electric YJ93-G ...
(^86) UNITED STATES Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird Max speed: Mach 3.3 (2,200+mph) at 80,000ft (24,000m) Powerplant: 2 x Pratt & ...
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88 UNITED STATES Strategic Reconnaissance Wing at Beale AFB, CA, in January 1966. It was soon deployed around the world under a ...
LOCKHEED SR-71 BLACKBIRD^89 Above left: Flying at 80,000ft (24,000m) meant that crews had to wear specialised pressurised suits, ...
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LOCKHEED SR-71 BLACKBIRD 91 Above: Around 85 per cent of the SR-71’s structure was made of high-grade titanium, chosen for its a ...
(^92) FRANCE/UNITED KINGDOM Aerospatiale/BAC Concorde ...
AEROSPATIALE / BAC CONCORDE^93 B efore Concorde, in order to travel at Mach 2 you had to wear a g-suit, breathe through an oxyge ...
(^94) FRANCE/UNITED KINGDOM feature a highly complex delta wing combining cambering and ogival leading edges with pairs of after ...
AEROSPATIALE / BAC CONCORDE^95 o and to pass through the upper transonic regime and to supersonic speeds, between Mach 0.95 and ...
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Aeroplane traces its lineage back to the weekly The Aeroplane launched in June 1911, and is still continuing to provide the best ...
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