ORIGINAL SLIDE USAF XB-70 20207 CARSWELL AFB TX 1966 RARE LOST IN MID-AIR RARE!!

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US AIR FORCE XB-70 20207 CARSWELL AFB TX 1966 RARE LOST IN MID-AIR
Then, on 8 June 1966, AV/2 participated in a photo shoot, flying with four other aircraft powered by General Electric engines so GE photographers could take promotional pictures. One of the aircraft was an F-104 Starfighter, flown by well-known test pilot Joe Walker. He was positioned off the XB-70's right wingtip when the photo shoot ended. When Walker broke formation the turbulence off the big aircraft's wingtips spun the Starfighter around, causing it to collide with the XB-70. The Starfighter tore off both of the XB-70's tailfins and part of its left wing, then exploded in a fireball. Walker was killed immediately.
AV/2 pilot Al White and copilot Carl Cross heard the impact, but everything seemed to be OK for the moment. Then the aircraft went into two slow rolls and broke into a spin. White managed to eject, but Cross went down with the aircraft as it slammed into the ground a few kilometers north of Barstow, California.
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