XB - 70 Valkyrie Midair Collision with F - 104 Starfighter, June 8, 1966. On Site Visit.
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On June 8, 1966 five
On June 8, 1966 five United States Airforce jets were flying in formation for a photo shoot. For unknown reasons the F - 104 Starfighter, piloted by Joseph Walker, made contact with the XB - 70 Valkyrie's right wing, thus causing a midair collision. This Video uses Google Earth to explain the incident and has onsite visits of the locations where the jets impacted the ground.
Below are the coordinates of the locations mentioned in the video:
Copy and Paste the coordinates into Google Earth to visit these locations from a Birdseye View.
Edwards AFB:
34.9114545, -117.8881234
XB - 70 Crash Site:
35.0633134, -117.0244407
F -104 Main fuselage:
35.0779389, -117.0557444
F - 104 Cockpit:
35.0806465, -117.0579998
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