Condor (disambiguation)
Appearance
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Condor is the common name for two species of birds.
Condor, CONDOR, El Condor, or The Condor may also refer to:
Places
[edit]- Condor, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, a municipality
- Condor, Alberta, Canada, a hamlet
- Cerro El Cóndor, a stratovolcano in Argentina
- Condor Peninsula, Palmer Land, Antarctica
- Cordillera del Cóndor, a mountain range in the Andes
- El Cóndor (Jujuy), Argentina, a town
- Condor (mountain), in the Andes in Peru
- Condor Peak, a mountain in California, United States
People
[edit]- Condor of Cornwall (fl. 1066), earl of Cornwall
- Lana Condor (born 1997), American actress
- Sam Condor, politician of Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Condor Laucke (1914–1993), Australian politician
- Mat Hoffman (born 1972), American BMX rider
- Kevin Mitnick (born 1963), US computer worker
- Carlos Manuel Hoo Ramírez (born 1978), drug trafficker
- Alfred Williams (born 1968), US retired football player
Arts, entertainment, and media
[edit]Fictional characters
[edit]- Black Condor, in DC Comics
- Condor (comics), in Marvel Comics
- Condor, a starship in The Invincible by Stanislaw Lem, 1964
- Captain Condor in UK comic Lion
- Black Condor of Chōjin Sentai Jetman
- Steel Condor of Up, Up and Away
Films
[edit]- El Condor (film), a 1970 Western film
- The Condor (film), 2007 animated superhero film
Periodicals
[edit]- Cóndor (newspaper), a German-language newspaper published in Chile
- The Condor journal, now Ornithological Applications
Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media
[edit]- Condor, a 1984 novel by Graham Masterton
- Condor (TV series)
- The Condor (album), 1986 album by Steve Lacy
Attractions and rides
[edit]- Condor (ride), an amusement ride
- El Condor (roller coaster), at Walibi Holland
Brands and enterprises
[edit]- Condor Club, an early strip club in San Francisco, California, US
- Condor Cycles, a bicycle manufacturer based in London, England
- Condor Films, a film and TV production company based in Zurich, Switzerland
- Stoeger Condor, a type of shotgun
Computing and technology
[edit]- Condor High-Throughput Computing System
- CONDOR secure cell phone, NSA project
- Moto E (1st generation), an Android smartphone made by Motorola with the codename Condor
Military
[edit]Aviation
[edit]- Condor, a version of the BQM-147 Dragon unmanned aerial vehicle for the US Coast Guard
- AGM-53 Condor, US Navy missile project
- Antonov An-124, a Ukrainian/Soviet aircraft, NATO reporting name "Condor"
- Boeing Condor, a test unmanned aerial vehicle
- Curtiss B-2 Condor, a 1920s American bomber
- Curtiss T-32 Condor II, a 1930s US biplane aircraft
- Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor, a German WWII bomber
- HMH-464 ("Condors"), US Marine helicopter squadron
- Schweizer RU-38 Twin Condor, an US reconnaissance aircraft
Ships
[edit]- Condor-class gunvessel, Royal Navy, 1876–87
- Condor-class sloop, Royal Navy, 1898–1900
- HMS Condor, Royal Navy ships
- SMS Condor, an Imperial German Navy cruiser
- USS Condor, US minesweepers
- MV Condor Islander
- HSC Condor Liberation
- HSC Condor Voyager
Other military uses
[edit]- Condor (APC), a German armoured personnel carrier
- Condor (Argentine missile)
- Condor A350, a Swiss military motorcycle
- Condor Legion, a Nazi unit in the Spanish Civil War
- Operation Condor (disambiguation), several military operations
- RM Condor, a UK Royal Marines base in Arbroath on the east coast of Scotland
Sports
[edit]- Condor (golf), a score of four under par
- Bakersfield Condors (1998–2015), former minor-league ice hockey team based in California, US
- Bakersfield Condors (AHL), a minor-league ice hockey team based in California, US
- Club El Condor, later Bogotá F.C., Colombia, a Colombian football club
- Jonquière Condors, former ice hockey team based in Jonquière, Quebec, Canada
- Pittsburgh Condors, a former US basketball team
Transportation
[edit]Air
[edit]- Aero Condor, an airline based in Lima, Peru
- Condor (airline), Germany
- Condor Group, the Mexican City Police helicopter fleet
- ADI Condor, an American motor glider
- Davis-Costin Condor, a UK sailplane, 1953
- Druine Condor, a French 1950s light aircraft
- FMA IA 36 Cóndor, a 1950s projected Argentine jet airliner
- Schleicher Condor, a German glider
- Seahawk Condor, an ultralight aircraft
- Southern Condor, a US ultralight aircraft
- TL Ultralight Condor, a Czech ultralight aircraft
- Wills Wing Condor, a US hang glider
- Rolls-Royce Condor, an aircraft piston engine
- El Condor Airport, a former airstrip near El Condor, Tarija, Bolivia
Land
[edit]- Condor (train), an express freight service between London and Glasgow 1959–1965
- Cóndor station, a railway station in Bolivia
- Dennis Dragon or Condor, a double-decker bus manufactured 1982–1999
- UD Condor, a line of medium-duty commercial vehicles introduced in 1975
- Toyota Kijang, a series of pickup trucks and minivans, sold as the Toyota Condor in South Africa
Sea
[edit]- Condor (yacht), 1981
- MV Empire MacKendrick, named Condor, 1949–1955
- Condor Ferries, a ferry company providing service between the Channel Islands, the UK, and France
- Condor of Bermuda, a yacht
- SS Condor, Grace Line steampships
Other uses
[edit]- Comet Nucleus Dust and Organics Return (CONDOR), a spacecraft mission
- Condor (options), a trading strategy
See also
[edit]- HTCondor, a computing software framework
- All pages with titles beginning with Condor
- All pages with titles containing Condor