Hornet (disambiguation)

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A hornet is an insect. It may also mean:

Insects

• a colloquial term for an American wasp, for example the Bald-faced hornet, White-faced hornet or Cicada killer wasp

Aviation

• Hornet, unofficial name of the Curtiss 18 Model 18B
• Hornet, original name of the Hawker Fury British biplane fighter
• De Havilland Hornet, a World War II-era combat aircraft
• Messerschmitt Me 410, Hornisse ("Hornet"), a World War II German aircraft
• F/A-18 Hornet, a jet combat aircraft
  • CF-18 Hornet, a Canadian variant
• Glasflügel 206 Hornet 1970s glider
• US Light Aircraft Hornet, an ultralight aircraft
• Hiller YH-32 Hornet, an American ultralight helicopter
• ABC Hornet, a World War I aircraft engine
• Harkness Hornet, 1920s Australian aircraft engine
• Pratt & Whitney R-1690 Hornet, aero engine produced 1926–1942

Ships and boats

• Hornet (clipper), an 1851 clipper ship which raced Flying Cloud around Cape Horn
• HMS Hornet, ten ships of the Royal Navy
• USS Hornet, eight ships of the U.S. Navy
• Hornet (dinghy), a type of sailing dinghy

Land vehicles

• Medium Mark C Hornet, a British tank
• Humber Hornet, British armoured car
• AMC Hornet, a compact car manufactured from 1970 to 1977
• Dodge Hornet, a concept car revealed in 2006
• Hornet (car), sports car based on the Lotus Seven
• Hudson Hornet, a car manufactured from 1951 to 1957
• Wolseley Hornet (1930), a 1930s car
• Honda CB600F, a motorcycle known as the Hornet in Europe and Brazil
• Honda CB900F, a motorcycle known as the Hornet 900 in Europe
• BSA Hornet, a British motorcycle for export to the United States from 1964 to 1965

Weaponry

• AGM-64 Hornet, an experimental American missile
• M93 HORNET mine, an American anti–tank mine
• .17 Hornet, a type of rifle cartridge
• .22 Hornet, a type of rifle cartridge

Fiction

• Hornet (comics), a name shared by three Marvel characters
• Hornet (DC Thomson), a British comic of the 1960s-1970s
• Hornet, a vehicle from the video game series Halo
• Hornet Interceptor, a spacecraft featured in the expanded Star Wars Universe
• Hornet Squadron, an RAF squadron in a series of books by Derek Robinson
• Hornet (Gobots), an alien cyborg shapeshifter
• Hornet, a player car and main car in Daytona USA

Sports teams

University and high school

• California State University, Sacramento Hornets
  • Harry the Hornet, the aforementioned mascot
• Concordia Hornets
• Delaware State University Hornets
• Emporia State Hornets
• Kalamazoo College Hornets
• Surrattsville High School Hornets
• Midwood High School Hornets
• Hamilton High School (New Jersey) Hornets, Hamilton, New Jersey
• Herndon High School Hornets, Herndon, Virginia

Ice hockey

• Bracknell Hornets, British team
• Cambridge Hornets, Canadian team from Cambridge, Ontario
• Herlev Hornets, Danish ice-hockey team
• Huntington Hornets, former U.S. team
• Langley Hornets, former name of the Canadian team Westside Warriors
• Pittsburgh Hornets, former U.S. team
• Thunder Bay Hornets, former Canadian junior team

Other

• Charlotte Hornets (disambiguation), several sports teams
• Cleveland Hornets, former baseball team
• Dandy Town Hornets F.C., Bermuda soccer team
• Howick Hornets, New Zealand, rugby league team
• Hull Hornets, British American-football team
• Montreal Hornets, former Canadian rugby union team
• New Orleans Hornets, former National Basketball Association team
• Rochdale Hornets, professional rugby league team
• Rochdale Hornets (speedway), former speedway team
• Watford FC, known as "the Hornets" after their yellow and black kit

Places

• Hornet Township, Beltrami County, Minnesota
• Hornet, Missouri, an unincorporated community
• Hornet Peak, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica

Other uses

• Hornet Stadium (Alabama State), scheduled to open in November 2012 on the campus of Alabama State University
• Hornet Stadium (Sacramento State), California State University
• Hornet, an amusement ride in Amarillo, Texas, originally known as Mayan Mindbender

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