This plane is why I started studying aerospace engineering. I was so impressed seeing her in the museum as a kid. I've now been working at NASA for nearly 20 years and am still awestruck looking at her! Thanks for the cockpit tour!

@dks13827

3 жыл бұрын

Do you think the Spacex type lunar lander could work ? I don't.

@jayeshkurdekar126

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think u are real..

@KatanaGuy

3 жыл бұрын

@@jayeshkurdekar126 cool story.

@SuperScottCrawford

3 жыл бұрын

@@dks13827 Did you think they were going to land the boosters back onto pads? If you say yes, you're a liar.

@SuperScottCrawford

3 жыл бұрын

@@sedonabear2010 Not entirely accurate. I'm sure they used pencils, paper, an occasional pen... even a compass or 2.

Outside: Look like a plane from the future Inside: EVERYTHING is analog.

@scottfw7169

3 жыл бұрын

I saw the future and it was ... familiar. :)

@thetigerstripes

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, but it's performance is still from the future....

@caula1815

3 жыл бұрын

@@thetigerstripes that performance was (apart from all the engeneering of the wing tips that move and all that) in big part due to the 6 engines with afterburners and that wasnt very efficient. For today, it isnt from the future anymore.

@borntoclimb7116

3 жыл бұрын

True

@howardjohnson6584

2 жыл бұрын

What did you expect from the 50's?

RIP Joe Walker and Carl Cross, both loss in the June 8th 1966 crash of XB-70A No. 2. Your service lives on in our hearts and minds and we thank you for pushing the envelope.

@starguy2718

3 жыл бұрын

Walker got too close, in his F-104. The XB-70's wingtip vortex was not to be trifled with.

When viewing the exterior in the museum, this aircraft’s design and condition looks like it is the latest in technology and ready for testing. Inside it is old tech, scuffed paint, analog steam gauges, and highly complex. What is truly mind-boggling is this on paper design was created only five decades after the Wright Brothers’ first flight.

It's rare to get glimpses into the interior of an aircraft like this. Well done!

@USAFmuseum

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Mike!!!

@roger3858

2 жыл бұрын

There is no other aircraft like this….

@Make-Asylums-Great-Again

2 жыл бұрын

@@roger3858 silence

@miroslavdockal9468

2 жыл бұрын

Looks like cold war age jet....

@savwire

2 жыл бұрын

@@USAFmuseum Just curious, what did pilots use exactly to get inside the cockpit, since it's so high off the ground?

Me and my kid spent hours just staring at this plane over a 3 day period this Summer. If you haven't been to the USAF museum, you're really missing out!

I've wanted to see high detail shots of the interior for years! Thanks.

@USAFmuseum

3 жыл бұрын

Our website has photos on the fact sheet, we are adding more today!

@privatepilot9233

3 жыл бұрын

Isn't youtube awesome 👍

@thegreatstromboli

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I'm with you on that but, for me... that's every aircraft I see at air shows! 😁 I've seen this one and many others at Wright-Patterson back in '88...

Magnificently done! I could actually READ the instruments unlike so many videos done by others. This was an incredible treat. If it was possible to film every square inch of that aircraft, I'd watch it all.

Imagine getting this beast up to altitude and then fire-walling the engines to full power!!

Holy cow... that climb schedule!

My grandfather got to see it land for the last time at Wright Patterson, said it was one of the most spectacular things he’s ever seen. But now I get to say I saw the inside of the cockpit. Miss ya grandpa! Thanks for this upload!

Proud to say that I've seen this beast at Wright-Patterson back in '88!

1960s on the inside; 2060s on the outside. The XB--70 is one seriously cool plane.

When I was a cadet in the Civil Air Patrol at summer encampment at Seward AFB, TN in 1965, I believe, we were taken to the Arnold Research test facility for a tour. I remember seeing one of the wing air inlet section in the wind tunnel being tested. Quite an amazing technological achievement for the time. I'd love to seen her fly! I need to get back to Wright-Patterson AFB museum soon to see her.

I first heard of AV-2 when I was 9 years old in 1966. I 2004 I found the crash site, collected some small parts and also assist Maj.Carl Cross sister in locating the site. I always planed and still do plan on seeing AV-1 and visiting the museum. And now at 64 years old I finally see the cockpit in detail. Thank you for posting this.

As an AVGeek, what a treat. As a videographer, this video is stunning. Perfectly lit and it's obvious that all your shots were well thought out and rehearsed before hitting the record button. Fantastic job!

This is a dream come true!! I can't thank you guy's enough for making this video!! I hope to see more like this of other aircraft in your collection!! I'm an A&P Mechanic and I love seeing these video's!! Let me know if you guy's ever need help! Keep up the GREAT work! 👍👍

@USAFmuseum

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks soo much Ryan!!!

Great video!!!! Love the closeup views of specific instrument and gauge clusters! Outstanding!🇺🇸

Wow... I've been enamored with that plane, and being able to see the inside of the cockpit is amazing! Thank you for making this!

This footage is top notch. Excellent quality and detail. Thank you very much.

I've been dreaming about that since my childhood days, since I got a model kit of a XB-70 in the seventies. Many thanks for sharing this awesome video. Greetings from Austria.

@USAFmuseum

2 жыл бұрын

Greetings to you, thanks so much for viewing we hope you enjoyed the video!!!

Very Well Done! Thank you. I followed all these guys through the late 50's and 60's. It was so exciting and they were so good that you did not really appreciate the danger they were actually in. The crash that killed Walker was sad but avoidable. I grew up in aviation and I have been devoted to air safety ever since.

An incredible aircraft! Please continue with videos like this for all the planes in the museum. History isn't just for a chosen few. Visitors are not allowed to breathe on any of them and are lucky to even lay eyes on them. Different story to friends after hrs.

Happy to get to see the cockpit inside one of our greatest aircraft ever, thank you Museum of the Air Force!

Thanks a lot for the time-promenade ! :)

I've had the privilege of visiting the museum years ago & this aircraft is one of the standout highlights. Thanks for the interior shots!

Marvelous!!! Never saw a video of the Valkyrie like this! Congratulations!

Thanks for making this video. This is my absolute favorite aircraft!!

Absolutely fascinated by all of the X-planes. Thanks for this!

@USAFmuseum

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Fantastic inner views that I have never witnessed . Thank you for that. Far ahead of her time . . .

This is great! A great job on the video, very well done. Thanks! You know you're getting old when the interior (switches, instruments, etc,) looks a lot like the airplanes you once flew!

Thanks for putting these great videos up!

Fabulous. What an outstanding aviation monument. This beauty deserves all the attention you can to be kept in great shape. Thanks a lot for this glimpse of the inside, rarely seen on picture. Regards from France.

This video is so neat! Thanks for filming and sharing it!

@USAFmuseum

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

That was totally cool. I remember when i was a kid in the late 70's seeing this outside in front of the museum. Its good to see she finally got her inside. I saw a old black and white photo of the engine intakes, it looked like a large room with 6 first stage engine blades. I was hoping they were going to climb in and show us that!!!

@Heat3YT2

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed! I saw it in the 80s as a kid and it was outside and very impressive.

Great and detailed video. Awesome

Thank you for this video of the cockpit. I would love to see inside some of the others especially the B36

I’m gonna go out on a limb, but this looks like real handful to fly. The yokes look like they came off an exercise machine! Thanks for such a rare look into one of aviations milestones!

Never thought I would get to see the inside. Thank you and my goodness is that the definition of information overload!

Unbelievable amount of design and assembly work for just two aircraft ... but so impressive in function and looks!

Great video. Thank you.

This was just perfect!!! Thank you!

I am absolutely fascinated by all the flight controls knobs and buttons you can actually read the instrument panel very well done this is a very special treat to us aviation lovers WELL DONE.

I had never had a close up view of the interior of this aircraft. Thank you very much and I hope there is more to come. Coming the the museum in June. Haven't been there since the 1970's

I've watched TV documentaries that covered the history of the XB-70 over the years yet only glimpses of the inside of the aircraft were ever shown. Thank you for sharing the video with us all.

I'm always fascinated by looking at these old technological marvels - and peering closely at the "ancient" hardware they had available to achieve such mind-boggling performance. The XB-70 by even today's standards looks like something from hundreds of years in the future, yet the switches and instruments in the cockpit look just as they indeed were - from the late 50s-early-60s. It's like looking at the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo space capsules in museums. Just by the looks of their cockpits, you'd swear somebody ran down to the local home-town hardware store to buy screws, toggle switches and flashlight bulbs to build them with.

@cefb8923

2 жыл бұрын

That's not much different than today, some planes use push buttons but many still use toggle and rheostat switches. That's the way it is in aircraft, you don't want to be flying along and shit hits the fan and you're trying to hit a touch screen lol.

@Subgunman

5 ай бұрын

Could you imagine if they could build a new airframe and computerize all of the systems? Utilize even some of the more modern engines available to the military. I don’t know if it would have any usefulness for todays world but it would be an interesting adventure.

I've always wanted to know what the interior of the aircraft looked like, now I do. thank you for uploading

I visited your museum in 2015. It's wonderful to see the inside of this piece of aviation history. Thanks for giving us an inside tour!

My heart starts to beat faster when I see this engineering masterpiece! Thanks for this video and greetings from Austria

The XB-70 is an amazing aircraft and piece of history - it's great that you folks have put the effort into restoring/preserving it. And the video is great too!

She is one of the most beautiful aircraft ever created. This video was very detailed, and very cool, it was nice to see so many good close up footage of the cockpit.

Great video. I enjoyed the detailed, close shots.

Thank you for the video. I am glad we still have that treasure in our museum.

Thanks for sharing an awesome upload.

@USAFmuseum

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for viewing!!!

Magnificent incredible aircraft. Amazing video. Thanks for sharing it!

Awesome tour of an awesome bird.

What a piece of aviation history. Thanks for sharing.

Wow…just wow! You made my day with this. Thanks. 🇺🇸

Always wondered about the interior of this gorgeous aircraft. Thanks for sharing this.

This Video Is Something I Thought I'd Never See & How Lucky Someone Was To Be Able To See The Interior In Person! I'd Give Anything To Visit That Museum. Thank You.

Excelente video con lujo de detalle. Se observa con claridad lo artesanal en su concepción interna. Este proyecto me cautivó desde mi infancia. Un gran abrazo!

This aircraft, outside the Main Museum at WPAFB, was the most memorable and awesome plane I remember from my very first visit museum in the 1970’s. To this day, it is one to see for sure.

Fly by wire? Nope. Fly by nuts and bolts. Awesome machine. Thank you for sharing this treasure.

She's a beauty! Thanks for sharing, appreciate it a lot. Greets from the Netherlands, T.

My wife and I just visited the museum a few weeks ago. An amazing place to see.....Proud to be a 31652F Titan Missile Electronics Tech from '79-'83

It would have been an awesome experience to see and hear one of these flying by! Awesome engineering and design from the 1950's

I can’t imagine what the pilots checklist must look like. Must be the thickness of a Tom Clancy book!

Thank you for this! I have a personal history with this aircraft dating back to my childhood at Edwards, but this is the first time I've seen anything inside but the instrument panel. Well done!

@USAFmuseum

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so very much!!!

Thanks for the tour of her inside. That was probably the most sexy airplane ever built. It came out when I was 7 or 8 and I loved it so much that my dad built me a wood model of it. Complete with pieces of copper tube to replicate the 6 massive afterburning engines. I always did want to see the interior of this behemoth. Could you imagine it with state of the art digital controls and instruments and the technology we have now? I was just in tears when that one crashed.

i am working in the Dayton area now and plan to head over to the museum shortly. I went there way back in 1982 when I was driving from Rhode Island to San Antonio Texas to go to Officer Training School!

Outstanding look into an aircraft that was both ahead of it's time and part of a paradigm that no longer exists.

Cool thanks for sharing this with us.

@USAFmuseum

3 жыл бұрын

Of course! Thanks so much for viewing our channel!!!

Aeronautical Engineering from the past reminds us of how far advanced our aeronautical and Aerospace craft are today. Excellent well done video

Beautiful! Well done.

That is one dead sexy aircraft. Glad work took me close enough to manage a visit. I would love to see and hear that fly past.

Great music. The shockwave rider is sooo awesome.

I've seen shots of the cockpit before, but never of what's to the right side of the entrance... the Big Mystery has finally been solved. Many thanks, now I can build my XB-70 in peace!

Wow, amazing! thanks for sharing this video! Also interesting to see the 'ejection seats' were those 'capsules' instead of ordinary seats.

A fantastic machine way ahead of it’s time. She looks in remarkably good shape both inside and outside.

Отличное видео, спасибо!

Arguably one of the best looking airplanes in the world. Certainly one of my top three favorite planes.

VERY VERY cool, like many have said, Great job!

AWESOME VIDEO!! THANK YOU! I would love to see an interview of exactly what they had to do to get her to fly. So much i want to know. Again, thank you!!

Thanks for sharing. 😉👌🏼

This is one of my favorite places in the world. I love to go just walk around. I see something I’ve missed every time and I’ve been going for 40 years. Wish I had been there to see her outside again. I remember when it was displayed outside.

Always amazed at how awesome these look from the outside, yet look like some kind of school project DIY effort on the inside.

SURREAL! More exclusive than the SR71. Thank you…

4:36 All those circuit breakers! What a beast that must have been to fly! My wife and I were supposed to go to the museum but Covid intervened. Maybe next year.

Fantastic!

Loved it!

Those old green LOX bottles. That brings back some memories. Used to service those on the EA-6B.

I've been there a few times, looks so cool with the hangar doors open.

Thank you so much for this video. I have put hours of research into seeing photos of the interior of this aircraft! A B36 interior tour from front to back would be amazing...

@billyjoe415

3 жыл бұрын

Well just 7 miles from me is Castle Air Museum (formally Castle AFB), Atwater California, and it so happens that there is a B36 on display, and on open cockpit day (coming up in the next couple of months) you can walk through most of the planes they have here. I'd be happy to show you the base, and might be able to wrangle a walk through.

@jaysonc2102

3 жыл бұрын

@@billyjoe415 That would be amazing! I would like to keep in touch and would be interested if possible. Thank you.

@garyjones2582

3 жыл бұрын

@@billyjoe415 I was stationed at Castle AFB twice.. 71-72 and 74.. I'd like a tour of that as well.. Is the Blackbird open as well.. Do you know if they have a B-58 Hustler on display? That was another one of my favorites...

It's such a beautiful looking aircraft.

Very cool tech, thanks

Stunning!

Such a differnce between inner and outer looking! Outer looks futuristic, while inner looks pre-historic!

My #1 plane. I have a piece of the second example hanging on the wall of my office. One of my most prized possessions.

Interior looks as if its still 1969 . Thank you VERY much . P.s. my older bro worked at no. american rockwell downey '64-'70 in photo dept. He and his group developed the space flight images , moon etc . Take care 👍

Oh AWESOME! Great work, guys. I really wish I had something like this about the Apollo CM and SM when I was building the Revell model of same. I added internal lights and tons of extra wiring and detail, but lacking a really superb video like this, I was still-framing Apollo 13 to see some details. I swear, you guys must have a metric sh*t-load of awful tasks at work, because no one deserves being able to work around the greatest aircraft in history without Karma giving you a dose. Keep up the great work! (BTW, well-done on the music, too. It really set a great tone to the piece.) I'd go so far as to say you guys have seen a video before... because you can sure pull off making one!

@USAFmuseum

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so very much Don!!!