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| North American Aviation XB-70A-1-NA Valkyrie 62-0001 Prototype just before landing at Runway 4 Right, Edwards Air Force Base, ending of its first flight, 21 September 1964. |
Detroit Steve and I spent some years on farms in Ohio when we were in high school. His dad (Bill) and my dad (Roman) both worked for North American Aviation, but something prompted them both to buy farms, so off to the farm we went.
In 1966 one of the two prototype XB-70s collided with a chase plane and crashed in the California desert. (Wikipedia) The copilot of the XB-70, Carl Cross, was killed in the crash. He was a friend of Bill's and Steve may have even met him.
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| Major Carl Cross |
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