Condor (disambiguation)

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Condor is the common name for two species of birds:

• Vultur gryphus (Vultur) the Andean condor
• Gymnogyps californianus (Gymnogyps), the California condor

Condor may also refer to:

Civil aviation

• ADI Condor, an American motor glider
• Aero Condor Peru, an airline from Peru
• Condor Flugdienst GmbH (usually shortened to Condor), a German airline
• Rolls-Royce Condor, an aircraft piston engine.
• Schleicher Condor, a German glider
• Seahawk Condor, ultralight aircraft

Computing

• Condor High-Throughput Computing System, a framework for distributed computing developed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Entertainment

• El Cóndor Pasa (disambiguation), several meanings

Books

• Condor, a 1984 novel by Graham Masterton (originally published under the name Thomas Luke)
• The Condor, a fictional starship featured in the 1964 novel The Invincible by Stanislaw Lem
• The Legend of the Condor Heroes, a Chinese novel

Film

• Armour of God II: Operation Condor, a 1991 Hong Kong martial arts-action film directed by and starring Jackie Chan
• The Condor (film), a 2007 animated superhero film about a character created by Stan Lee
• Condorman, a 1981 comedy superhero adventure film
• Three Days of the Condor, a 1975 political thriller film directed by Sydney Pollack and adapted from the 1974 novel Six Days of the Condor

Other entertainment uses

• The Condor (album), a 1986 album by soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy
• Condor (comics), a Marvel Comics character
• The Condor (ride), an amusement ride
• The Condor Club, an early strip club in San Francisco, California, that helped set precedent for the legality of nude dancing
• Condorito, a cartoon character

Ground transportation

• Condor Ferries, a ferry company running services from the Channel Islands to the United Kingdom and France
• Cóndor station, a railway station in Bolivia

Military

Military aircraft and equipment

• AGM-53 Condor, an American air-to-surface missile
• Antonov An-124, a Russian/Soviet transport aircraft (NATO reporting name "Condor")
• Boeing Condor Unmanned reconnaissance aircraft
• Curtiss T-32 Condor II, an American transport
• Focke-Wulf Fw 200, a German aircraft used for long range maritime patrol and reconnaissance during World War II
• Condor (Argentine missile), 1,500 km range missile developed by Argentina
• Condor A350, a Swiss military motorcycle
• Condor (APC), a German armoured personnel carrier, best known for its use by Malaysian forces
• Schweizer RU-38 Twin Condor covert reconnaissance aircraft
• Stoeger Condor, a type of shotgun

Military units

• Condor Legion, a Nazi military unit which intervened on the Nationalist side during the Spanish Civil War
• HMH-464, United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron known as the Condors

Other military uses

• Operation Condor (disambiguation) has been the codename of a number of military operations, one of them: Operation Condor, a campaign of assassination and "counter-terrorism" by right-wing military governments of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay in the mid-1970s
• RM Condor, the home base of 45 Commando, Royal Marines situated in Arbroath on the east coast of Scotland

Publications

• El Cóndor (newspaper), a Chilean newspaper published in Santa Cruz, Colchagua, since 1917
• Cóndor (newspaper), German-language newspaper published in Chile
• The Condor (journal), the quarterly journal of the Cooper Ornithological Society

Sports

• Bakersfield Condors, a minor-league ice-hockey team based in the U.S. state of California
• Condor Cycles, a bicycle manufacturer based in London, England
• Condor (golf), a score of four under par on any given hole in the sport of golf
• The Condor, nickname of American BMX rider Mat Hoffman

Vessels

• CONDOR, a racing yacht
• Condor of Bermuda, a racing yacht
• MV Condor, a Panamanian cargo ship
• SS Condor, a number of ships of this name

Other

• Condor mountain range
• Condor Sea Scouts, a Scout Troop established in Chua Chu Kang Secondary School
• Iron condor, an advanced option trading strategy in finance
• CONDOR secure cell phone, a prototype secure CDMA phone by Qualcomm
• The handle of the hacker Kevin Mitnick

See also

• Kondor (disambiguation)