Virtavia - XB-70 Valkyrie

 

XB-70A-1 Valkyrie

A technological tour de force of epic proportions, the legend of the XB-70 Valkyrie very nearly surpasses the performance of this extraordinary aircraft. Built in the 1960s as a result of a USAF proposal for a supersonic bomber with high subsonic cruising speed and supersonic dash capabilities, the massive XB-70 was to have carried the same bombload as the B-52 Stratofortress at a higher supersonic speed than the Air Force's current strategic bomber, the B-58 Hustler. A later requirement specified that the plane be able to fly the entire mission at Mach 3.0 or greater, with a range of up to 10,500 miles and a maximum gross weight of 490,000 pounds. In the event, technology quickly relegated the Valkyrie to the role of supersonic research testbed and flagship of the USAF's public relations fleet. Ground-to-air missiles and advanced radar made the XB-70's supersonic mission impossible. The bomb bay of the aircraft was instead packed with data acquisition equipment.

FS2004 and FSX only

Features

• full native FSX model included with all FSX features (bump mapping, self-shadowing, bloom, etc.)


• high quality exterior model with detailed textures


• large set of custom XB-70 gauges in 2D panel and virtual cockpit


• highly authentic flight model with carefully illustrated checklist


• animated folding wingtips


• animated afterburner petals


• authentic gear retraction sequence


• automatic (on throttle) staged animated afterburner visual effect with corresponding performance boost


• simulated XB-70 soundset included


• pilots togglable


• automatic smoke trail, wing surface vapour flash and canard tip vortices effects


• source texture files included as optional download for repainters


• VC rain effects (FS2004 only)

Read the FlightSim.Com review