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Peregrine Falcon vs. B2 Bomber

Posted on 11/17/2015 11:10:02 AM PST by Talisker



TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Military/Veterans; Reference; Science
KEYWORDS: aircraft; birds
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To: Talisker

We used to have them on our building. Every once in a while the would drop pigeon parts on the smokers below.


21 posted on 11/17/2015 12:03:31 PM PST by Vermont Lt (I had student debt. It came from a bank. Not from the Govt.)
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To: Talisker

Better enjoy the sight of the falcon before it becomes extinct by the wind power generators.


22 posted on 11/17/2015 12:05:41 PM PST by 353FMG
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To: Talisker

Couldn’t get a better designer.


23 posted on 11/17/2015 12:06:44 PM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Smokin' Joe

Roger that!


24 posted on 11/17/2015 12:07:10 PM PST by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: Vermont Lt

They probably did not come back because they ran into the blades of a wind-driven power generator


25 posted on 11/17/2015 12:11:03 PM PST by 353FMG
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To: 353FMG

I left. The falcon’s grandkids are still around. They are great birds to watch.


26 posted on 11/17/2015 12:18:49 PM PST by Vermont Lt (I had student debt. It came from a bank. Not from the Govt.)
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To: Rodamala
The Horten brothers actually studied Jack Northrop's early designs.

Northrop-Grumman sponsored the construction of a full-sized(?) Ho229 replica back in 2008 to test its stealth properties

The National Air & Space Museum has moved its 229 into the restoration hall to start work. Finally.

27 posted on 11/17/2015 12:32:38 PM PST by PLMerite (The Revolution...will not be kind.)
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
"Here's an owl. Get to work Lockheed/Northrop/Grumman!!!"

Gotta be an improvement on Boeing basing the X-32 design on a pelican:


28 posted on 11/17/2015 12:40:45 PM PST by PLMerite (The Revolution...will not be kind.)
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To: gwgn02

One thing about the owl’s flight is that it’s silent.
Very low noise level.


29 posted on 11/17/2015 12:44:32 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: PLMerite

That thing reminds me of a feeding whale shark.
I’d be embarrassed to fly it. FUGLY


30 posted on 11/17/2015 1:06:26 PM PST by Vinnie
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To: Talisker

An even closer match from the side is the nighthawk and the whippoorwill.


31 posted on 11/17/2015 1:17:49 PM PST by piasa
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America

Not really- the nose looks exactly like the head and beak of a nighthawk.

But it’s extraordinarily difficult to get good in-flight pics of a nighthawk because they are stealthy, very good at diving and swooping and of course, do it very late in the evening when light is low.


32 posted on 11/17/2015 1:26:30 PM PST by piasa
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To: PLMerite

Test pilots dubbed that bird the “Monica”.


33 posted on 11/17/2015 1:31:17 PM PST by Joe Brower (The "American People" are no longer capable of self-governance.)
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To: PLMerite

I toured the Paul Garber facility, oh about 20 years ago, and stood right next to the wingless Ho 229. What an aircraft. Also, got to see the Northrup N-9MB fly at the Chino Airshow, back in maybe the late 90s.

The Horten brothers’ work goes back well into the early 30’s when they were just kids.


34 posted on 11/17/2015 1:39:10 PM PST by Rodamala
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To: Talisker

http://www.birdzilla.com/components/com_birds/files/196/img2/2_common-nighthawk-cover2a.jpg

https://photonaturalist.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/common-nighthawk-near-interpretive-center-blue-mounds-state-park-rock-co-mn-img_9939.jpg

http://vancouverislandbirds.com/ajune2006b-056nighthawk.jpg

http://www.outdooralabama.com/sites/default/files/images/Image/LesserNighthawk.jpg

Cool front view:
https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5191/5840007800_a4bc1b9419_z.jpg

Of course the amusing thing is that it is the stealth fighter which is called the nighthawk and it looks nothing like one, while the B2 is a lookalike. On the other hand the B2 being a bomber it functions more like a pigeon over a parking lot.


35 posted on 11/17/2015 1:50:19 PM PST by piasa
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To: equaviator

Why leave out the Germans flying wing, it was the predecessor to both!


36 posted on 11/17/2015 2:54:50 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Rodamala
I was there back in about 1984 when one building was open for tours. I didn't see the Ho229, but they were working on the Ar234. Also sitting or hanging around were the Me163, He162, the Japanese Kikka, the XP-55 Ascender, and the Enola Gay. I suppose they've all been finished by now.

I still have not been to the Udvar-Hazy center, and not downtown to the Mall in years. It is good to see they've dragged the 229 out to fix it up:


37 posted on 11/17/2015 5:44:12 PM PST by PLMerite (The Revolution...will not be kind.)
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To: PLMerite
A former coworker had recommended the tour, as he was a bit of an aviation afficiando having grown up the son of an aeronautical engineer employed by Princeton University that was doing hovercraft research for the US Army (watching the 16 mm "home movies" after work in the shop office was amazing).

So my brother and I and 2 of our friends made the trip... on the way home we stopped by the museum at Aberdeen Proving Ground and also made a detour for Bertha's Muscles in Baltimore.

I don't have the prints of the photos I took, but at the time the Ho 229 was sitting in the same building in about the same position as shown in these shots (click for the full resolution)... Seriously, that building was like a pickers dream for aviation people... how many historically significant aircraft and parts could be crammed into one Butler building?


38 posted on 11/17/2015 6:51:36 PM PST by Rodamala
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To: Rodamala

I must have been in a different building. This was a limited time thing, only open for the weekend IIRC. Where I was had the Japanese Kikka (Me262 knockoff) suspended from the ceiling.

Of course, they also could have shuffled things around in the decade between our respective visits. :)


39 posted on 11/17/2015 7:14:22 PM PST by PLMerite (The Revolution...will not be kind.)
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
Imagine what Lockheed could do with these boobies


40 posted on 11/18/2015 2:08:22 PM PST by JRios1968 (I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
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