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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

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Condor, Rio Grande do Sul Condor is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. As of 2020, the estimated population was 6,759. See also *List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul References

Municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul {{RioGrandedoSul-g ...
, Brazil, a municipality * Condor, Alberta, Canada, a hamlet * Cerro El Cóndor, a stratovolcano in Argentina *
Condor Peninsula Condor Peninsula () is a mountainous, ice-covered peninsula, long and wide, between Odom Inlet and Hilton Inlet on the east coast of Palmer Land. The peninsula was first observed and photographed from the air in the course of the United States An ...
, Palmer Land, Antarctica * Cordillera del Cóndor, a mountain range in the Andes on the border between Ecuador and Peru *
El Cóndor (Jujuy) EL, El or el may refer to: Religion * El (deity), a Semitic word for "God" People * EL (rapper) (born 1983), stage name of Elorm Adablah, a Ghanaian rapper and sound engineer * El DeBarge, music artist * El Franco Lee (1949–2016), American po ...
, Argentina, a town and municipality *
Condor (mountain) Condor (possibly from Quechua for condor) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is located in the Arequipa Region, Caylloma Province Caylloma Province is the largest of eight provinces in the Arequipa Region of Peru. Geography ...
, in the Andes in Peru


People

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Condor of Cornwall Condor (also Candorus, Cadoc and other variants) was a legendary Cornish nobleman. The first known mentions of Condor are from heralds and antiquarians in the late sixteenth century, who recorded claims that he had been earl of Cornwall at the ti ...
(), earl of Cornwall *
Lana Condor Lana Therese Condor (born Trần Đồng Lan; May 11, 1997) is an American actress, producer, and singer. She made her acting debut starring as Jubilee in the superhero film '' X-Men: Apocalypse'' (2016), and gained international recognition for ...
(born 1997), American actress *
Sam Condor Sam Terrence Condor (born in 1949 in Basseterre) is a Kittitian politician and former Deputy Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis. Condor has a BA of economics from the University of Sussex. He was a member of the Labour Party, and since it g ...
, Kittitian politician and the former Deputy Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis *
Condor Laucke Sir Condor Louis Laucke, (9 November 1914 – 30 July 1993) was an Australian Liberal Party politician who served in both the South Australian House of Assembly and the Federal Senate, before becoming Lieutenant-Governor of South Australia. E ...
(1914-1993), Australian politician *
Mat Hoffman Mat Hoffman (born January 9, 1972) is an American BMX rider who is considered one of the best vert ramp riders in the history of the sport. He is nicknamed "The Condor" and runs the BMX Freestyle brand Hoffman BMX Bikes based out of ...
(born 1972), American BMX rider nicknamed "The Condor" * Kevin Mitnick (born 1963), American computer security consultant, author, and hacker who uses the handle, "The Condor" *
Carlos Manuel Hoo Ramírez Carlos Manuel Hoo Ramírez (born 15 October 1978), commonly referred to by his alias El Cóndor, is a former Mexican Special Forces commando and imprisoned high-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel, a drug trafficking organization. He was the al ...
(born 1978), alias El Cóndor, imprisoned high-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel drug trafficking organization *
Alfred Williams Alfred Hamilton Williams (born November 6, 1968) is a former American football player. He was a linebacker and defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Cincinnati Bengals, San Francisco 49ers and Denver Broncos. His nicknames ...
(born 1968), American retired National Football League player nicknamed "The Condor"


Arts, entertainment, and media


Fictional characters

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Black Condor Black Condor is the superhero name used by three different fictional characters in the DC Comics universe. All three incarnations of Black Condor have been members of the Freedom Fighters and each has been featured in Freedom Fighters comic bo ...
, a DC Comics character *
Condor (comics) Condor is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history The Condor first appeared in ''Nova (Richard Rider), Nova'' #2-3 (Oct.–Nov. 1976), and was created by Marv Wolfman and John Buscema ...
, a Marvel Comics character * ''Condor'', a fictional starship featured in the 1964 novel ''
The Invincible ''The Invincible'' ( pl, Niezwyciężony) is a hard science fiction novel by Polish writer Stanisław Lem, published in 1964. In 2019, Rafał Mikołajczyk published the comic book ''Niezwyciężony'' 'The Invincible'' . Reviewers note the f ...
'' by Stanislaw Lem * Captain Condor, a character in ''
Lion The lion (''Panthera leo'') is a large Felidae, cat of the genus ''Panthera'' native to Africa and India. It has a muscular, broad-chested body; short, rounded head; round ears; and a hairy tuft at the end of its tail. It is sexually dimorphi ...
'', a weekly British comics periodical (1952-1974)


Films

* ''El Condor'' (film), a 1970 Western starring Jim Brown and Lee Van Cleef * ''The Condor'' (film), a 2007 animated superhero film about a character created by Stan Lee


Periodicals

* ''Cóndor'' (newspaper), a German-language newspaper published in Chile * ''El Cóndor'' (newspaper), a Chilean newspaper published in Santa Cruz, Colchagua, since 1917 * ''The Condor'', now ''
Ornithological Applications ''Ornithological Applications'', formerly ''The Condor'' and ''The Condor: Ornithological Applications'', is a peer-reviewed quarterly scientific journal covering ornithology. It is an official journal of the American Ornithological Society. Hist ...
'', a quarterly scientific journal covering ornithology


Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Condor'', a 1984 novel by
Graham Masterton Graham Masterton (born 16 January 1946, in Edinburgh) is a British author known primarily for horror fiction. Originally editor of '' Mayfair'' and the British edition of '' Penthouse'', his debut novel, ''The Manitou'', was published in 1976. T ...
* ''Condor'' (TV series), a television series based on the 1975 film ''Three Days of the Condor'' * ''The Condor'' (album), a 1986 album by saxophonist Steve Lacy


Attractions and rides

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Condor (ride) The Condor is the trade name of an amusement ride sold by HUSS of Bremen, Germany. It was debuted at the 1984 New Orleans World's Fair, under the name "Cyclo Tower". The Condor has 28 steel-framed gondolas, each with a fiberglass shell, fre ...
, an amusement ride * El Condor (roller coaster), at Walibi Holland in the Netherlands


Brands and enterprises

* Condor Club, an early strip club in San Francisco, California, that helped set precedent for the legality of nude dancing *
Condor Cycles Condor Cycles is a bicycle manufacturer based on Gray's Inn Road in London. Condor Cycles was started in 1948 by Monty Young, providing bespoke bicycles which have been ridden by riders such as Tom Simpson, Bradley Wiggins, and Tao Geoghegan Ha ...
, a bicycle manufacturer based in London, England *
Condor Films Condor Films is a film and TV production company based in Zurich, Switzerland. The company produces commercials, documentary films, feature films, image films, product films and interactive multimedia solutions. The company is also known by t ...
, a film and TV production company based in Zurich, Switzerland *
Stoeger Condor The Stoeger Condor is a double-barreled shotgun. It is an over/under gun, with one barrel above the other. There are several models of Condor, with different features and in various gauges. The standard model has a grade-A walnut stock and for ...
, a type of shotgun *
Condor Electronics Condor is the common name for two species of New World vultures, each in a monotypic genus. The name derives from the Quechua ''kuntur''. They are the largest flying land birds in the Western Hemisphere. They are: * The Andean condor (''Vult ...
, an electronics and home appliances manufacturer based in Algiers, Algeria.


Computing and technology

* Condor High-Throughput Computing System, a framework for distributed computing *
CONDOR secure cell phone Project "Condor" was an NSA project for the development of secure mobile phones. See also * Secure Communications Interoperability Protocol The Secure Communications Interoperability Protocol (SCIP) is a US standard for secure voice and data comm ...
, a prototype secure CDMA phone by Qualcomm *
Moto E (1st generation) Moto E is an Android smartphone developed and manufactured by Motorola Mobility. It was unveiled and released online in India and the United States on May 13, 2014. Released in the wake of the success of the Moto G, the Moto E was designed to ...
, an Android smartphone made by Motorola with the codename Condor


Military


Aviation

* Condor, a version of the
BQM-147 Dragon __NOTOC__ The BAI Aerosystems (BAIA) BQM-147 Dragon unmanned aerial vehicle is a tactical battlefield UAV operated by the US Marine Corps. Development The Dragon began life in 1986, when the US Marines Corps contracted with the Applied Physics ...
unmanned aerial vehicle "navalized" for the United States Coast Guard * AGM-53 Condor, a US Navy air-to-surface missile that did not enter service * Amarah Air Base, a former Iraqi Air Force base captured by Coalition forces in 2003 and renamed Camp Condor * Antonov An-124, a Ukrainian/Soviet transport aircraft (NATO reporting name "Condor") * Boeing Condor, a test bed unmanned aerial vehicle *
Condor Group The Condor Group is a fleet of helicopters operated by the Mexico City's Federal District Secretariat of Public Security, in command of the Secretary of Homeland Security and the local head of government, Claudia Sheinbaum. History The organiza ...
, a fleet of helicopters operated by the Mexico City's Federal District Secretariat of Public Security * Curtiss B-2 Condor, a 1920s American bomber *
Curtiss T-32 Condor II The Curtiss T-32 Condor II was a 1930s United States, American biplane airliner and bomber aircraft built by the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company. It was used by the United States Army Air Corps as an executive transport. Development The Con ...
, a 1930s American biplane bomber, transport, and civilian airliner *
Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor The Focke-Wulf Fw 200 ''Condor'', also known as ''Kurier'' to the Allies (English: Courier), was a German all-metal four-engined monoplane originally developed by Focke-Wulf as a long-range airliner. A Japanese request for a long-range maritime p ...
, a German aircraft used for long range maritime patrol and reconnaissance during World War II, derived from an airliner *
HMH-464 Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464 (HMH-464) is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron consisting of CH-53E Super Stallion transport helicopters. The squadron is known as the "Condors" and is based at Marine Corps Air Station New Rive ...
, United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron known as the Condors *
Schweizer RU-38 Twin Condor The Schweizer RU-38 Twin Condor is a two or three-seat, fixed gear, low wing, twin boom covert reconnaissance aircraft. RU-38 is the US military designation for the aircraft, indicating ''Utility, Reconnaissance''. The Schweizer company model n ...
, a covert reconnaissance aircraft


Ships

* ''Condor''-class gunvessel, a Royal Navy class of four gunvessels built between 1876 and 1877 * ''Condor''-class sloop, a Royal Navy class of six sloops built between 1898 and 1900 * , two Royal Navy ships and a former Royal Naval Air Station * , an Imperial German Navy unprotected cruiser * , three US Navy minesweepers


Other uses in military

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Condor (APC) The Condor is a 4×4 wheeled armoured personnel carrier originally designed by Thyssen-Henschel of Germany and manufactured by Henschel Wehrtechnik GmbH. The first prototype was completed in 1978. The Condor was designed as a successor to its UR ...
, a German armoured personnel carrier, best known for its use by Malaysian forces *
Condor (Argentine missile) The Argentine Condor missile was a multinational space research program started in the 1970s. It involved significant contract work being performed by German company MBB (now a group within Daimler AG), but later developed into a ballistic missil ...
, a long-range missile developed by Argentina *
Condor A350 Condor A350 was a Swiss military motorbike. Condor History In 1893 Edouard Scheffer and Victor Donzelot made their first bike for the Swiss military in their new factory under the name Sheffer Freres. In 1899 the company picked a logo showing the ...
, a Swiss military motorcycle * Condor Legion, a Nazi military unit which fought on the Nationalist side during the Spanish Civil War *
Operation Condor (disambiguation) Operation Condor can have several meanings: Military operations * Operation Condor (1954), a French intelligence service GCMA operation during the Battle of Dien Bien Phu on 30 April 1954 * The 1966 Aerolineas Argentinas DC-4 hijacking, also known ...
, the codename of a number of military operations *
RM Condor RM Condor is a large Royal Marines base located near Arbroath in East Angus, Scotland. The base also houses 7 (Sphinx) Battery Royal Artillery, part of 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery. History The base was first constructed as a Fleet Ai ...
, the home base of 45 Commando, Royal Marines, situated in Arbroath on the east coast of Scotland


Sports

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Condor (golf) In golf, par is the predetermined number of strokes that a proficient (scratch, or zero handicap) golfer should require to complete a hole, a round (the sum of the pars of the played holes), or a tournament (the sum of the pars of each round). ...
, a score of four under par on any given hole in the sport of golf *
Bakersfield Condors (1998–2015) The Bakersfield Condors were a minor league ice hockey team based in Bakersfield, California in the Pacific Division of the ECHL's Western Conference. The Condors played home games at Rabobank Arena. History Originally known as the "Bakersfield ...
, a defunct minor-league ice hockey team based in California *
Bakersfield Condors (AHL) The Bakersfield Condors are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL) based in Bakersfield, California. The team is owned by and affiliated with the National Hockey League's Edmonton Oilers. The Condors play their home g ...
, a minor-league ice hockey team based in California that plays in the American Hockey League * Club El Condor, ancestor of
Bogotá F.C. Bogotá F.C. is a Colombian professional football team based in Bogotá, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera B. They play their home games at the Estadio Metropolitano de Techo. History Bogotá F.C. is a club with a duality in its his ...
, a Colombian football club *
Jonquière Condors The Jonquière Condors were a Canadian minor pro ice hockey team in Jonquière, Quebec. They played in the Quebec Semi-Pro Hockey League from 1997-2002. For the 2002-03 season, the franchise was moved to Saguenay, and became the Saguenay Param ...
, a former minor pro ice hockey team based in Jonquière, Quebec, Canada *
Pittsburgh Condors The Pittsburgh Condors were a professional basketball team in the original American Basketball Association (ABA). Originally called the Pittsburgh Pipers, they were a charter franchise of the ABA and captured the first league title. The team pla ...
, a former American Basketball Association team


Transportation


Air

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ADI Condor The ADI Condor was a motor glider of unusual configuration built in the United States in 1981. While most motor gliders follow traditional sailplane layout, the Condor was of twin-boom configuration, with twin, inwardly canted tail fins joined at ...
, an American motor glider *
Aero Condor Aero is a Greek prefix relating to flight and air. In British English, it is used as an adjective related to flight (e.g., as a shortened substitute for aeroplane). Aero, Ærø, or Aeros may refer to: Aeronautics Airlines and companies * Aero (Po ...
, an airline based in Lima, Peru * Condor (airline), a German airline *
Davis-Costin Condor The Davis-Costin Condor was a conventional all-wood, tandem-seat sailplane built in the United Kingdom in the 1950s. Only one was constructed; it was later rebuilt with a longer fuselage and other detailed alterations as the Condor 2. Design ...
, an all-wood UK sailplane first flown in 1953 * Druine Condor, a French 1950s light aircraft * El Condor Airport, a former airstrip near El Condor, Tarija, Bolivia *
FMA IA 36 Cóndor The IA 36 ''Cóndor'' (English: Condor) was a projected Argentine jet propelled mid-range airliner, designed in the early 1950s by Kurt Tank for the “ Fábrica Militar de Aviones”. It was cancelled in 1958, with no prototypes built, but a ...
, a 1950s projected Argentine jet airliner *
Rolls-Royce Condor The Rolls-Royce Condor aircraft piston engine was a larger version of the Rolls-Royce Eagle developing up to 675 horsepower (500 kW). The engine first ran in 1918 and a total of 327 engines were recorded as being built. Variants ''Note:'' ...
, an aircraft piston engine * Schleicher Condor, a German glider *
Seahawk Condor The Seahawk Condor is an American ultralight aircraft that was designed by Buddy Head, Bob Carswell and Dave French and produced by Seahawk Industries and later by Condor Aircraft. The aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction ...
, an ultralight aircraft *
Southern Condor The Southern Condor is an American powered parachute that was designed and produced by Southern Powered Parachutes (formerly called Condor Powered Parachutes) of Nicholson, Georgia. Now out of production, when it was available the aircraft wa ...
, an American powered parachute / ultralight aircraft * TL Ultralight Condor, an ultralight aircraft built in the Czech Republic since the mid-1990s *
Wills Wing Condor The Wills Wing Condor is an American high-wing, single-place, hang glider that was designed and produced by Wills Wing of Santa Ana, California. Now out of production, when it was available the aircraft was supplied complete and ready-to-fly.Be ...
, an American hang glider design


Land

* Condor, an express freight service operated by British Rail between London and Glasgow between 1959 and 1965 *
Cóndor station Cóndor railway station on the Rio Mulatos-Potosí line, Bolivia, is the highest station in the western hemisphere, at an altitude of 4,786 m (15,700 ft) above sea level. It is located in a remote, mountainous area, with little around the statio ...
, a railway station in Bolivia * Dennis Dragon (also sold as the Dennis Condor), a double-decker bus manufactured between 1982 and 1999 *
UD Condor The UD Condor (kana:UD・コンドル) is a line of cabover medium-duty commercial vehicles produced by Nissan Diesel (now UD Trucks), introduced in 1975, Compact models sold under the Nissan Diesel Condor brand and rebranded Nissan Atlas. Mo ...
, a line of medium-duty commercial vehicles introduced in 1975 *
Toyota Kijang The Toyota Kijang is a series of pickup trucks, multi purpose vehicles and light commercial vehicles sold mainly in Southeast Asia, Taiwan and India by Toyota. It was first introduced in Indonesia in 1977 and had become the most popular car i ...
, a series of pickup trucks and minivans, sold as the Toyota Condor in South Africa


Sea

* ''Condor'' (yacht), a racing yacht built in 1981 * ''Condor'', the name of the from 1949 to 1955 * Condor Ferries, a ferry company providing service between the Channel Islands, the United Kingdom and France * '' Condor of Bermuda'', a maxi yacht, earlier named ''Condor'' and ''Heath's Condor'' * , captured and sunk by Germany in 1914 * , in service from 1927 to 1940


Other uses

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Comet Nucleus Dust and Organics Return Comet Nucleus Dust and Organics Return (CONDOR) is a mission concept to retrieve a sample from comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko