Wings - Great Planes - XB-70 Valkyrie - Part 1

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Remember the documentary series called Wings that the Discovery Channel used to air over a decade ago? It also translated into series named Wings Over the Gulf, Wings of the Red Star, Wings Over the Pacific, and even spawned a weekday edition at 6 pm called Weekday Wings. Remember the Wings Marathon on New Year's Day? Here is a little bit of nostalgia from those days. My best friend's uncle taped all of the episodes from one or two marathons and he (the best friend) gave them to me literally days before he went off to basic training. I didn't edit out most of the commercials you see since, well, they do show their age.

Here is part 1 of 2 of the Great Planes series on the XB-70 Valkyrie.

Channel: Autos & Vehicles
Uploaded: July 12, 2007 at 6:29 am
Author: airshowfansh

Length: 00:21:37
Rating: 4.88
Views: 21989

Tags: Wings Over Gulf Red Star Pacific Weekday Documentary Discovery Channel Airplane Great Planes XB-70 XB70 Valkyrie

Video Comments:
alpha8147 (June 8, 2008 at 3:22 pm)
I watched this show in the late 80s. Thanks a lot for the good memories airshowfansh.
alpha8147 (June 8, 2008 at 3:20 pm)
I watch this show in the 80s. Thanks a lot for the good memories, airshowfansh.
viewingut (May 29, 2008 at 2:21 am)
The original "Wings", one of the finest shows ever to grace the tv airwaves!
ProfessorIgor (May 15, 2008 at 5:57 am)
the XB70 cost $11 million per flight !! Expensive, but what a fantastic bird.
sniperontheroof42 (August 1, 2008 at 8:00 pm)
B-2 cost 1,4 bilion dolars per plane.
fernfeyes (March 14, 2008 at 8:33 am)
Can you imagine all the unique jigs and tooling that had to be created to built only 2 airplanes. It just boggles the mind. I wonder if some of the tooling is still around.
wk109 (March 1, 2008 at 5:23 pm)
wow thank you so much for uploading these
cornskid (January 12, 2008 at 4:48 pm)
building that thing looks like a blast. would have been a great job
rodkneed (December 26, 2007 at 12:24 am)
Guys, Carter actually made the decision to shelve the B1-A upon being briefed by Ben Rich(Director of Skunk Works)and the Joint Chiefs about the ability of the Stealth Fighter/Bomber. For security reasons these details were not made public at the time.
EasyEs (February 17, 2008 at 6:21 pm)
Agreed Carter made the right choice her.. Well a choice made right by Ronnie a few years later by allowing a more capable aircraft to enter service.