The YB-60 featured swept wings and eight underslung ... These engines propelled the bomber to a top speed of 508 miles per hour-far faster than its piston-powered predecessor.

It was massive, ambitious, and built to rival the best—but the Convair YB-60 barely made it off the ... Here’s why this mega bomber never stood a chance. Federal, local officials provide ...

When you're the U.S. Military, you go big or go home. But as it happens, even the Air Force has a limit when it comes to this ideology. It's hard to judge where they draw this line. But the ...

The YB-60 was a swept-wing ... Perhaps the most famous and recognized experimental Cold War bomber was North American's Valkyrie. Designation of the XB-70 came in February 1958 but its roots ...

The YB-60 could fly 2,900 miles at a cruising speed ... had designed for the CIA and modify it into a very fast strategic bomber. More or less in parallel, Johnson was working on a missile-armed ...

He hoped to report the maiden flight at Fort Worth of Consolidated Vultee’s big, new YB-60, the jet version of the B-36 bomber. But last fortnight a planeload of Pentagon brass arrived at ...