The Valkyrie is still one of the most beautiful aircraft ever
built... Everytime I walk up to her, I shake my head in wonder... It
never gets old...

Ya, ya, ya, I know, I know - she handled like a pig below Mach 1, she
couldn't be maneuvered, she sucked fuel like a volcano, at Mach 3
straight ahead she was a sitting duck for Soviet missiles, she was
unreliable, she was high high maintenance, she responded only to a
very skilled hand ... In short she was like taking a Las Vegas
stripper home to meet your methodist mom in Iowa... But, gawd was she
a thrill...

denny