Boomerang (disambiguation)

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A boomerang is a curved wooden throwing implement.

Boomerang may also refer to:

Aircraft

• CAC Boomerang, an Australian-designed and built fighter aircraft in World War 2
• Fisher Boomerang, a US-designed and built ultralight aircraft
• Gin Boomerang, a South Korean paraglider design
• Scaled Composites Boomerang, an unconventional twin engine aircraft designed by Burt Rutan
• Schneider ES-60 Boomerang, an Australian-designed and built glider
• Whitney Boomerang, an Australian-designed and built training aircraft

Entertainment

Television

• Boomerang (TV channel), a TV channel operated by Time Warner subsidiary Turner Broadcasting System (also in charge of Cartoon Network) with various international versions:
  • Boomerang (Australia and New Zealand)
  • Boomerang (CEE)
  • Boomerang (Middle East, Africa, Greece and Cyprus)
  • Boomerang (France)
  • Boomerang (Germany)
  • Boomerang (Italy)
  • Boomerang (Latin America)
  • Boomerang (Netherlands)
  • Boomerang (Nordic)
  • Boomerang (Portugal)
  • Boomerang (Southeast Asia)
  • Boomerang (South Korea)
  • Boomerang (Thailand)
  • Boomerang (Turkey)
  • Boomerang (UK & Ireland)
• Boomerang (TV series), an Australian television series from 1961 to 1962
• Boomerang, a Seattle-area kids' TV show hosted by Marni Nixon

Films

• The Boomerang (1919 film), a 1919 American drama film, directed by Bertram Bracken
• Boomerang (1947 film), by Elia Kazan
• Boomerang (1966 film), film about Polish-German love after World War II (also known as Bumerang), starring Tony Ferrer
• Boomerang (1992 film), film starring Eddie Murphy
• Boomerang (2001 film), Serbian film
• Boomerang (2013 film), American tv film starring Felicity Huffman
• Boomerang (2015 film), French film

Albums

• Boomerang (soundtrack), a soundtrack album from the 1992 film
• Boomerang (The Creatures album), 1989
• Boomerang (Daara J album), 2003
• Boomerang (Hanson album), 2005
• Boomerang (Mad at the World album), 1991
• Boomerang (Stacey Q album), 1997

Songs

• Boomerang (Lali song), 2016
• Bang en boomerang, 1975 Svenne & Lotta song
• "Boomerang" (Barenaked Ladies song), 2013
• "Boomerang" (DJ Felli Fel song), 2011
• "Boomerang" (Nicole Scherzinger song), 2013
• "Boomerang" (Tenjo Chiki song), 2006
• "Boomerang", by Jana Kramer from Thirty One
• "Boomerang", by Kix from Blow My Fuse
• "Boomerang", by Plain White T's from Wonders of the Younger

Comics

• Boomerang (comics), a Marvel Comics supervillain
• Captain Boomerang, a DC Comics supervillain and enemy of the Flash

Other

• Boomerang (radio show), a short lived BBC Radio 4 series
• Boomerang! (audio magazine), an audio magazine for kids
• Boomerang, an arcade game also known as Ikki
• Laramie Boomerang, a daily newspaper in Laramie, Wyoming
• Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World, a 2011 nonfiction book by Michael Lewis

Science

• BOOMERanG experiment, a sub-orbital experiment which studied the properties of cosmic microwave background radiation
• Boomerang Nebula, a nebula in Centaurus.

Ships

• HMS Boomerang (1889)
• Boomerang (schooner), an operational 1903 schooner, part of the Sydney Heritage Fleet

Sport

• Boomerang (horse) (1966–1983), show jumping horse

Technology

• Boomerang (countermeasure), a gunfire locator
• Boomerang (programming language)
• Boomerang, an Instagram app
• Maserati Boomerang, an automobile
• A controller for the PlayStation 3 games console

Roller coasters

• Boomerang (roller coaster)
• Boomerang (Worlds of Fun)
• Boomerang (Six Flags México)
• Boomerang (Six Flags St. Louis)

Other uses

• Boomerang, Elizabeth Bay, a historic house in Australia
• A color magazine (lighting), used to change the colors of a spotlight
• Flying Boomerangs, an Australian rules football team
• Bumerang, an armoured personnel carrier