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Subject: [Leica] IMG: XB-70 Valkyrie
From: shino at panix.com (Rei Shinozuka)
Date: Sun Aug 12 12:48:55 2007
References: <d48.e658942.33f0a0da@aol.com>

any prepubescent who ever pored over the september 1965 national 
geographic "Air Force: Power For Peace" issue will know how these
fabulous and often impractical machines were nevertheless 
able to capture our young imaginations.

-rei


On Aug12 13:43, ISILVERMN@aol.com wrote:
> After going through the archives, attached are some pictures of the lone  
> remaining North American XB-70A Valkyrie.  It is of such a futuristic  
> shape, 
> that even today it begs to be photographed from a variety of  perspectives:
>  
> These were taken in May 1977:
>  
> _http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Aircraft/North+American+XB-70A
> +-+May_+1977+_2_.jpg.htm_ 
> (http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Aircraft/North+American+XB-70A+-+May_+1977+_2_.jpg.htm)
>  
>  
> _http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Aircraft/North+American+XB-70A
> +-+May_+1977+_3_.jpg.html_ 
> (http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Aircraft/North+American+XB-70A+-+May_+1977+_3_.jpg.html)
>  
>  
> _http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Aircraft/North+American+XB-70A
> +-+May_+1977+_4_.jpg.html_ 
> (http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Aircraft/North+American+XB-70A+-+May_+1977+_4_.jpg.html)
>  
>  
> _http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Aircraft/North+American+XB-70A
> +-+May_+1977+_5_.jpg.html_ 
> (http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Aircraft/North+American+XB-70A+-+May_+1977+_5_.jpg.html)
>  
>  
>  
> This was taken in October, 1981.  The plane has since been moved  indoors 
> into a new hangar:
>  
> _http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Aircraft/North+American+XB-70A
> +-+Oct_+1981.jpg.html_ 
> (http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Aircraft/North+American+XB-70A+-+Oct_+1981.jpg.html)
>  
>  
> All taken with Leica M4, 35mm 'cron and Kodachrome 64
>  
> Best regards,
>  
> Ira Silverman
> Irvine, CA
> 
> 
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-- 
Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com
Ridgewood, New Jersey


Replies: Reply from marcsmall at comcast.net (Marc James Small) ([Leica] IMG: XB-70 Valkyrie)
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