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| | North American XB-70 Valkyrie model airplane |
 | | Tragically, on June 8 1966, the No 2 Valkyrie was operating a photo sortie for General Electric, when one of the escort planes, an F-104, was caught in the XB-70's turbulent wake and instantly flipped on its back, colliding with the Valkyrie, with both planes crashing to earth. |
 | | The first prototype of the B-70 Valkyrie was flown on September 21, 1964, and first achieved its design speed of Mach 3 on October 14, 1965. |
 | | The No. 1 Valkyrie continued to carry out a number of test programs, but on February 4, 1969 it was flown to retirement at the U. Air Force Museum at Wright Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio. |
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