[Talisker]

Peregrine Falcon vs. B2 Bomber

Way cool.

[rlmorel]

That is an extremely cool comparison! NICE pickup!

[equaviator]

Nice, but I think the comparison stops there.

[Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America]

How could this NOT have played a role in the design of the B-2. It surely did, it's obvious.

Excellent post. Time to look at owls, you could have a HUGE cockpit with bathrooms and kitchens like the Russians have.

[wattsgnu]

Way cool, indeed.

[Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America]

Even the nose of the B-2 resembles the Peregrine. So interesting.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

And I bet that falcon is more agile.

[tophat9000]

I did not know evolution or God cared about a peregrine falcons Radar cross section

[Carthego delenda est]

A side by side with Obama and Big Bird would explain a lot.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Very cool. But this is no accident. Northrop clearly had avian design in mind when they developed the B2.

[353FMG]

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

[MrB]

Couldn’t get a better designer.

[piasa]

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

[piasa]

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.

[RFEngineer]

They have the same RCS.