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 11, 2007 at 8:29 pm
Author: airshowfansh

Length: 0:21:37
Rating: 4.89
Views: 28,017

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

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codachrome123 (Friday 7th of November 2008 04:15:30 PM)
Wings was my absolute favorite show. I also have many of them on video tape from the New Years Day Marathons. I wish they would do something like this again or show this series again. I learned so much and I would love for my kids to be able to se the planes I loved as a child and still do.
gliderpilot79 (Saturday 25th of October 2008 06:44:41 AM)
Hi there, absolutely great video of a great plane. Does anyone know what the music is at 19:00? I would be incredibly grateful if someone could let me know.
biped19 (Thursday 2nd of October 2008 10:51:31 PM)
God almighty...what a glorious aircraft. What is astonishing is that they only had primitive computers and most of the design and engineering was done with a slide rule! It boggles the mind.
alpha8147 (Sunday 8th of June 2008 05:22:47 AM)
I watched this show in the late 80s. Thanks a lot for the good memories airshowfansh.
alpha8147 (Sunday 8th of June 2008 05:20:55 AM)
I watch this show in the 80s. Thanks a lot for the good memories, airshowfansh.
viewingut (Wednesday 28th of May 2008 04:21:10 PM)
The original "Wings", one of the finest shows ever to grace the tv airwaves!
ProfessorIgor (Wednesday 14th of May 2008 07:57:28 PM)
the XB70 cost $11 million per flight !! Expensive, but what a fantastic bird.
sniperontheroof42 (Friday 1st of August 2008 10:00:15 AM)
B-2 cost 1,4 bilion dolars per plane.
Neuf1965 (Tuesday 16th of September 2008 06:41:14 AM)
actually that figure includes the cost throughout its entire life and also includes the crews pay
BIHVR6GTI (Tuesday 28th of October 2008 07:34:36 PM)
still a hell of alot