Condor (disambiguation)

Condor (disambiguation)

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:

Contents

Civil aviation

Computing

Entertainment

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

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

Vessels

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
  • Condor (golf), a score of four under par on any given hole in the sport of golf

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