Condor 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 ...

is the common name for two species of birds. Condor, CONDOR, El Condor, or The Condor may also refer to:

Places

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 Condor is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Clearwater County. The hamlet is located in census division No. 9 and in the federal riding of Wetaskiwin. In 1938, they were still negotiating for a gravel road to their community. The hamlet wa ...

, Canada, a hamlet *

Cerro El Cóndor Cerro El Cóndor is a stratovolcano in Argentina. Cerro El Cóndor is a remote peak in the Argentine Puna de Atacama. As such it was probably the last major 6000m+ peak in the Andes to be climbed, with the summit reaching a height of . The vol ...

, a stratovolcano in Argentina * Condor Peninsula, Palmer Land, Antarctica *

Cordillera del Cóndor The Cordillera del Cóndor (Condor mountain range) is a mountain range in the eastern Andes that is shared by and part of the international border between Ecuador and Peru. The range extends approximately 150 km north to south and its m ...

, a mountain range in the Andes on the border between Ecuador and Peru * El Cóndor (Jujuy), Argentina, a town and municipality * Condor (mountain), in the Andes in Peru

People

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. ...

(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 Kevin David Mitnick (born August 6, 1963) is an American computer security consultant, author, and convicted hacker. He is best known for his high-profile 1995 arrest and five years in prison for various computer and communications-related crim ...

(born 1963), American computer security consultant, author, and hacker who uses the handle, "The Condor" * Carlos Manuel Hoo Ramírez (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

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'', 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

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) Condor (formerly El Condor) is a steel suspended roller coaster located at Walibi Holland in the Netherlands. The ride opened in 1994 as the first of many Suspended Looping Coasters (SLC) manufactured by Dutch company Vekoma Vekoma Rides Manu ...

, at Walibi Holland in the Netherlands

Brands and enterprises

Condor Club The Condor Club nightclub is a striptease bar or topless bar in the North Beach section of San Francisco, California"Nudity, Noise Pay Off in Bay Area Night Clubs", ''Los Angeles Times'' (February 14, 1965) Page G5. The club became famous in ...

, 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, an electronics and home appliances manufacturer based in Algiers, Algeria.

Computing and technology

Condor High-Throughput Computing System HTCondor is an open-source software, open-source high-throughput computing software framework for coarse-grained distributed parallelization of computationally intensive tasks. It can be used to manage workload on a dedicated Computer cluster, cl ...

, 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 In 1962, the U.S. Navy issued a requirement for a long-range high-precision air-to-surface missile. The missile, named the AGM-53A Condor, was to use a television guidance system with a data link to the launching aircraft similar to the system of ...

, 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 The Antonov An-124 Ruslan (; russian: Антонов Ан-124 Руслан, , Ruslan; NATO reporting name: Condor) is a large, strategic airlift, four-engined aircraft that was designed in the 1980s by the Antonov design bureau in the Ukrain ...

, a Ukrainian/Soviet transport aircraft (NATO reporting name "Condor") *

Boeing Condor The Boeing Condor is a high-tech test-bed piston-engined aerial reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle with a wingspan of over . Carbon-fibre composite materials make up the bulk of the Condor's fuselage and wings. Although the Condor has a rela ...

, 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 The Curtiss B-2 Condor was a 1920s United States bomber aircraft. It was a descendant of the Martin NBS-1, which was built by the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company for the Glenn L. Martin Company. There were a few differences, such as stron ...

, 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, 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

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, a Swiss military motorcycle *

Condor Legion The Condor Legion (german: Legion Condor) was a unit composed of military personnel from the air force and army of Nazi Germany, which served with the Nationalist faction during the Spanish Civil War of July 1936 to March 1939. The Condor Legio ...

, a Nazi military unit which fought on the Nationalist side during the Spanish Civil War * Operation Condor (disambiguation), 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

* Condor (golf), 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, 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

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, an airline based in Lima, Peru *

Condor (airline) Condor, legally incorporated as ''Condor Flugdienst GmbH'' and stylized as condor, is a German airline established in 1955 with Frankfurt Airport being its main base. Condor offers scheduled flights to leisure destinations and operates, from Ge ...

, a German airline * Davis-Costin Condor, an all-wood UK sailplane first flown in 1953 *

Druine Condor The Druine D.60 Condor is a light aircraft designed by Roger Druine in France in the 1950s. Druine’s primary aim was to design a trainer aircraft for amateur construction. The Condor was subsequently made in quantity in the UK by Rollason Airc ...

, a French 1950s light aircraft * El Condor Airport, a former airstrip near El Condor, Tarija, Bolivia * FMA IA 36 Cóndor, 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, an American hang glider design

Land

, 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 The Dennis Dragon (also sold as the Dennis Condor) is a three-axle step-entrance double-decker bus manufactured by Dennis in England between 1982 and 1999. History The Dennis Dragon was originally built for Kowloon Motor Bus. In Hong Kong t ...

(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. M ...

, 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 Condor Ferries is an operator of passenger and freight ferry services between The United Kingdom, Bailiwick of Guernsey, Bailiwick of Jersey and France. Corporate history Condor Ferries established the first high-speed car ferry service to ...

, a ferry company providing service between the Channel Islands, the United Kingdom and France * ''

Condor of Bermuda ''Condor of Bermuda'' is a maxi yacht campaigning under the leadership and funding of London-based international businessman Bob Bell. Originally called ''Condor'' but renamed ''Heath's Condor'' for the 1977–78 Whitbread Round the World Race a ...

'', 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

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

Condor (options) A condor is a limited-risk, non-directional options trading strategy consisting of four options at four different strike prices. The buyer of a condor earns a profit if the underlying is between or near the inner two strikes at expiry, but has a ...

, an options trading strategy in finance * Condor Sea Scouts, a Scout Troop established in Chua Chu Kang Secondary School