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Declassified: XB-70A's Revolutionary Test Program

Covers flight objectives during first phase of flight testing on XB-70A (No. 1) and irregularities which occurred during the four flights. Also shows progress of construction on XB-70A (No. 2) scheduled for completion in early 1966. (Shot list to follow.) 1) Shows XB-70A undergoing final checkouts before taxi tests -- shows fuel quantity check, fuel transfer and distribution check, engine runup and flight control check. 2) Scenes of XB-70A in low and high-speed taxi tests. 3) MCU's & CU's of Col Joseph F. Cotton and test pilot Al White in XB-70A cockpit. 4) Scenes of XB-70A, flight number one, taking off, landing gear malfunction during retraction cycle, aircraft landing and left landing gear burning due to locked brake. 5) Scenes of XB-70A, flight number two, taking off, landing gear retracting and aircraft landing at Rodgers Dry Lake Bed due to hydraulic line failure. 6) Shows XB-70A, flight number three, taking off, damage to painted surfaces and aircraft landing. 7) Scenes of XB-70A, flight number four, taking off and outer wing tips being lowered to 25DG. 8) Construction on XB-70A (No. 2) showing wing being moved and fitted to fuselage, welding wing panels and placement of canards and vertical stabilizers.