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| == |
== Arts and entertainment == | ||
| === Film and television === | |||
| * ] | |||
| * Falcon Heene, the young boy involved in the ] | |||
| * ], a British photographer | |||
| * ] or Robert-Falcon Ouellette (born 1979), Canadian politician | |||
| == Transport == | |||
| === Aviation === | |||
| * ], first operational guided air-to-air missile of the United States Air Force | |||
| * ], an American powered parachute design | |||
| * ] a post-World War I observation biplane | |||
| * ], an unmanned spaceplane capable of hypersonic speeds | |||
| * ], a family of business jets manufactured by Dassault Aviation | |||
| * ] , a French-built corporate trijet aircraft made by Dassault Aviation | |||
| * ], a defunct Swedish airline | |||
| * ], a defunct airline based in Miami, Florida | |||
| * ], an airline based in the United Arab Emirates | |||
| * ], a fighter aircraft | |||
| * ], a German sailplane | |||
| * ], a 1930s British three/four-seat cabin monoplane | |||
| * ], a World War I era aircraft engine used in the Bristol F.2 Fighter | |||
| * ], an American hang glider design | |||
| === Maritime === | |||
| * ''Falcon'', a ship of the ] fleet to Virginia colony in 1609 | |||
| * ''Falcon'', a small sailing vessel used by ] to explore the Baltic | |||
| * {{HMS|Falcon}}, the name of 22 ships of the Royal Navy | |||
| * {{SS|Falcon}}, a steamship built in 1945 as ''Sasbeck'', and named ''Falcon'' 1968–69. | |||
| * {{USS|Falcon}}, the name of four ships of the United States Navy | |||
| === Rail === | |||
| * ] ''Falcon'', a class of lightweight electric-diesel locomotives made in 1961 | |||
| * ''Falcon'', a ] 4-4-0ST steam locomotive involved in a crash | |||
| === Road === | |||
| * ], a bus model manufactured by Dennis Specialist Vehicles | |||
| * ], a British bicycle manufacturer | |||
| * ], a brand of automobile produced between 1927 and 1928 by the Willys-Overland Company of Toledo, Ohio | |||
| * ], a British automobile manufacturer | |||
| * ], an American manufacturer of high performance automobiles | |||
| * ], a concept sports car made by Chrysler | |||
| * ], a compact car built by the Ford Motor Company of Argentina | |||
| * ], a full-size car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company of Australia | |||
| * ], a compact car produced by Ford Motor Company | |||
| * ], a passenger van produced by the Ford Motor Company in the 1960s | |||
| * ], a subsidiary of Sumitomo | |||
| === Rocketry and space === | |||
| * ], the first operational guided air-to-air missile of the US Air Force | |||
| * ], a U.S. nuclear capable air-to-air missile | |||
| * ], a U.S. long-range air-to-air missile | |||
| * ], an experimental US high speed nuclear strike air-to-surface missile | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] (proposed; never built) | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ''Falcon'', the callsign of the ] Lunar Module | |||
| * ], a U.S. sounding rocket | |||
| * The Falcon Project, a U.K. and U.S. rocket company by ] | |||
| == Military == | |||
| * ], main battle tank turret | |||
| * ], sniper rifle | |||
| * ], a small cannon developed in the late 15th century | |||
| == Culture == | |||
| === Film === | |||
| * '']'', a fictional spaceship from the ''Star Wars'' films | * '']'', a fictional spaceship from the ''Star Wars'' films | ||
| * ], |
* ], or ''Banović Strahinja'', a 1981 Yugoslavian-German adventure film | ||
| * ], English title ''The Falcon'' | |||
| * ], the parent corporation of a group of gay pornographic film studios | * ], the parent corporation of a group of gay pornographic film studios | ||
| ** ], a large company producing gay pornography, based in San Francisco | ** ], a large company producing gay pornography, based in San Francisco | ||
| * ], a 2012 television series produced by Sky Atlantic and based on the Robert Wilson novels | * ], a 2012 television series produced by Sky Atlantic and based on the Robert Wilson novels | ||
| * ], an episode of ''Marvel Studios: Legends'' | |||
| === Fictional characters === | === Fictional characters === | ||
| * ], a comic book superhero in the Marvel Universe | * ], a comic book superhero in the Marvel Universe | ||
| * |
* ], the Marvel Cinematic Universe version | ||
| * ], a detective created by Michael Arlen in 1940 | * ], a detective created by Michael Arlen in 1940 | ||
| * ], a radio drama featuring the detective created by Drexel Drake in 1936 | * ], a radio drama featuring the detective created by Drexel Drake in 1936 | ||
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| * An operatic ] first exemplified by Cornélie Falcon | * An operatic ] first exemplified by Cornélie Falcon | ||
| * ] | * ] | ||
| * ], an American rhythm and blues band in the 1950s | |||
| * ], a Chicago punk rock band | * ], a Chicago punk rock band | ||
| * ], by British alternative rock band The Courteeners | * ], by British alternative rock band The Courteeners | ||
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| * Falcon, a motherboard formerly included in all ] models | * Falcon, a motherboard formerly included in all ] models | ||
| == |
== Businesses == | ||
| * ], a Swedish brewery which sold beer under the name Falcon | |||
| * ], an American National Football League team | |||
| * ], a public house (pub) in Battersea, London, England | |||
| * ], a South African rugby team | |||
| * ], a public house in Camden, London, England | |||
| * ], the rugby league footballer nicknamed "The Maltese Falcon" | |||
| * ], a |
* ], a public house in Chester, England | ||
| * ], a public house in York, England | |||
| * The ], called the Falcons | |||
| * ], nicknamed the "Shaheens" in Urdu, meaning the "Falcons" | |||
| * ] Falcons, the sports teams of NIST International School in Bangkok, Thailand | |||
| * ] of America, a Polish fraternal and sporting organization | |||
| * ], literally "Falcon Nisko" in Polish | |||
| * ], an American Hockey League team | |||
| * ], a Junior "B" hockey team based in St. Catharines, Ontario | |||
| * ], a rugby union team that plays in the North America 4 tournament | |||
| * ], West Perth WAFL team | |||
| * ], an amateur ice hockey team which, representing Canada, won the first ever Olympic gold medal in ice hockey | |||
| == |
== Computing == | ||
| * ], Atari's last released general-use computer | |||
| * ], an all-boys independent boarding school in Esigodini, Zimbabwe | |||
| * ], a MySQL storage engine | |||
| * ], a flight simulator video game | |||
| * ], a high-end computer manufacturer in the US, specialising in gaming PCs | |||
| * A nickname for a ] model, the SBC 11/21 (boardname KXT11) | |||
| * Falcon, a hardware revision of Microsoft's ] video game console | |||
| * ], “'''Fa'''st Fourier '''l'''attice-based '''co'''mpact signatures over '''N'''TRU”, a digital signature scheme | |||
| == |
== Military == | ||
| * ], first operational guided air-to-air missile of the United States Air Force | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ], a U.S. nuclear capable air-to-air missile | |||
| * ] of Bowling Green University | |||
| * ], a U.S. long-range air-to-air missile | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ], an experimental US high speed nuclear strike air-to-surface missile | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] a post-World War I observation biplane | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ], a fighter aircraft | |||
| * ] | |||
| * {{HMS|Falcon}}, the name of 22 ships of the Royal Navy | |||
| ** ], an airfield on Malta called HMS ''Falcon'' while it was a Royal Navy base | |||
| * {{USS|Falcon}}, the name of four ships of the United States Navy | |||
| * ], a two-part joint project between the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the United States Air Force | |||
| * Falcon Air Force Base, former name of ], near Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States | |||
| * ], a former United States military forward operating base in Iraq | |||
| * ], a Jordanian main battle tank turret | |||
| * ], a sniper rifle | |||
| == People == | |||
| * ] | |||
| * Falcon Heene, the young boy involved in the ] | |||
| * ] (1941–2002), British photographer, retailer, filmmaker, manager and music producer | |||
| == Places == | == Places == | ||
| === United States === | === United States === | ||
| * ] | * ], an unincorporated community | ||
| * ] | * ] | ||
| * ] | * ] | ||
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| * ], Texas | * ], Texas | ||
| * ] | * ] | ||
| * ] | |||
| === |
=== Elsewhere === | ||
| * ], a state in northern Venezuela | |||
| * ], a public house in Battersea, London | |||
| * ], a public house in Chester, England | |||
| * ], a public house in York, in England | |||
| * ], a suburb of Mandurah, Australia | * ], a suburb of Mandurah, Australia | ||
| * ], various bodies of water in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico | * ], various bodies of water in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico | ||
| * ], or Falcon Rock, a granite formation in Germany | * ], or Falcon Rock, a granite formation in Germany | ||
| == |
== Schools == | ||
| * ], an all-boys independent boarding school in Esigodini, Zimbabwe | |||
| * ], Atari's last released general-use computer | |||
| * ], |
* ], Falcon, Colorado, United States | ||
| * ], a flight simulator video game | |||
| * ], a high-end computer manufacturer in the US, specialising in gaming PCs | |||
| * A nickname for a ] model, the SBC 11/21 (boardname KXT11) | |||
| *Falcon, a hardware revision of Microsoft's ] video game console | |||
| * ], “'''Fa'''st Fourier '''l'''attice-based '''co'''mpact signatures over '''N'''TRU”, a digital signature scheme | |||
| == |
== School mascots == | ||
| * ] | |||
| * ], a submarine communications cable connecting several countries in the Persian Gulf and India | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ], a Swedish brewery which sold beer under the name Falcon | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| == Sports == | |||
| * ], a baseball field | |||
| * ], in Colorado Springs, Colorado | |||
| == Transport == | |||
| === Aviation === | |||
| * ], an American powered parachute design | |||
| * ], a family of business jets manufactured by Dassault Aviation | |||
| * ], a French-built corporate trijet aircraft made by Dassault Aviation | |||
| * ], a defunct Swedish airline | |||
| * ], a defunct airline based in Miami, Florida | |||
| * ], an airline based in the United Arab Emirates | |||
| * ], a German sailplane | |||
| * ], a 1930s British three/four-seat cabin monoplane | |||
| * ], a World War I-era aircraft engine | |||
| * ], an American hang glider design | |||
| * ], an airport | |||
| * ], also known as Falcon Field, a public use airport in Fayette County, Georgia, United States | |||
| === Maritime === | |||
| * ''Falcon'', a ship of the ] fleet to Virginia colony in 1609 | |||
| * ''Falcon'', a small sailing vessel used by ] to explore the Baltic | |||
| * {{SS|Falcon}}, a steamship built in 1945 as ''Sasbeck'', and named ''Falcon'' 1968–69. | |||
| === Rail === | |||
| * ] ''Falcon'', a class of lightweight electric-diesel locomotives made in 1961 | |||
| * ''Falcon'', a ] 4-4-0ST steam locomotive involved in a crash | |||
| === Road === | |||
| * ], a bus model manufactured by Dennis Specialist Vehicles | |||
| * ], a British bicycle manufacturer | |||
| * ], a British automobile manufacturer | |||
| * ], an American manufacturer of high performance automobiles | |||
| * ], a concept sports car made by Chrysler | |||
| * Various cars produced by ]. | |||
| ** ], a compact car built by the Ford Motor Company of Argentina | |||
| ** ], a full-size car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company of Australia | |||
| ** ], a compact car produced by Ford Motor Company | |||
| ** ], a passenger van produced by the Ford Motor Company in the 1960s | |||
| === Rocketry and space === | |||
| * ], a SpaceX launch vehicle | |||
| * ], a proposed partially reusable launch vehicle designed by SpaceX | |||
| * ], a partially reusable launch vehicle produced by SpaceX | |||
| * ], a partially reusable launch vehicle produced by SpaceX | |||
| * "Falcon", the callsign of the ] Lunar Module | |||
| * ], a U.S. sounding rocket | |||
| * The Falcon Project, a U.K. and U.S. rocket company by ] | |||
| == Other uses == | == Other uses == | ||
| * ], an American film starring Humphrey Bogart. | |||
| * ], a Gerstlauer Eurofighter model roller coaster at Duinrell amusement park | |||
| * ], an airfield on Malta called ''HMS Falcon'' while it was a Royal Navy base | |||
| * ], several dragnets for fugitives organized by the United States Marshals Service | * ], several dragnets for fugitives organized by the United States Marshals Service | ||
| * ] | * ] | ||
| * ], a submarine communications cable connecting several countries in the Persian Gulf and India | |||
| * ], a Gerstlauer Eurofighter model roller coaster at Duinrell amusement park | |||
| * ], a medieval song sometimes called the "Falcon Carol" | |||
| == See also == | == See also == | ||
| {{canned search|falcon}} | {{canned search|falcon}} | ||
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| * |
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| * |
*], a web browser | ||
| * |
*] | ||
| * |
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| * |
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| *] | |||
| * ] | |||
| *], a subsidiary of Sumitomo | |||
| * ] | |||
| *{{srt|1}} | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| * {{srt|1}} | |||
| {{disambiguation|geo}} | {{disambiguation|geo|schools}} | ||
Latest revision as of 05:10, 23 December 2024
A falcon is a small to medium-sized bird of prey.
Falcon may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Film and television
- Millennium Falcon, a fictional spaceship from the Star Wars films
- The Falcon (film), or Banović Strahinja, a 1981 Yugoslavian-German adventure film
- Falcon Entertainment, the parent corporation of a group of gay pornographic film studios
- Falcon Studios, a large company producing gay pornography, based in San Francisco
- Falcón (TV series), a 2012 television series produced by Sky Atlantic and based on the Robert Wilson novels
- "Falcon" (Marvel Studios: Legends), an episode of Marvel Studios: Legends
Fictional characters
- Falcon (comics), a comic book superhero in the Marvel Universe
- Falcon (Marvel Cinematic Universe), the Marvel Cinematic Universe version
- The Falcon (fictional detective), a detective created by Michael Arlen in 1940
- The Falcon (radio series), a radio drama featuring the detective created by Drexel Drake in 1936
- Falcon (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe
- Falcon, a locomotive character, later renamed Sir Handel, in The Railway Series by Rev. W. Awdry
- Falcon from Stuart Little 2
- Blue Falcon, a superhero in the American animated television series Dynomutt, Dog Wonder
- Captain Falcon, a racer in the F-Zero video game series
- Edward Falcon, a character in the Power Stone series of video games
Music
- An operatic voice type first exemplified by Cornélie Falcon
- Falcon Records (disambiguation)
- The Falcon (band), a Chicago punk rock band
- Falcon (album), by British alternative rock band The Courteeners
- Falcon (singer) (born 1984), stage name of Amanda Lindsey Cook
Video games
- Falcon (video game series), a series of combat flight simulator computer games
- Novint Falcon, a USB haptic controller designed to replace the mouse in video games and other applications
- Falcon, a motherboard formerly included in all Xbox 360 console models
Businesses
- Bryggeri AB Falken, a Swedish brewery which sold beer under the name Falcon
- Falcon, Battersea, a public house (pub) in Battersea, London, England
- The Falcon, Camden, a public house in Camden, London, England
- The Falcon, Chester, a public house in Chester, England
- The Falcon, York, a public house in York, England
Computing
- Atari Falcon, Atari's last released general-use computer
- Falcon (storage engine), a MySQL storage engine
- Falcon (video game), a flight simulator video game
- Falcon Northwest, a high-end computer manufacturer in the US, specialising in gaming PCs
- A nickname for a PDP-11 model, the SBC 11/21 (boardname KXT11)
- Falcon, a hardware revision of Microsoft's Xbox 360 video game console
- Falcon (Signature), “Fast Fourier lattice-based compact signatures over NTRU”, a digital signature scheme
Military
- AIM-4 Falcon, first operational guided air-to-air missile of the United States Air Force
- AIM-26 Falcon, a U.S. nuclear capable air-to-air missile
- AIM-47 Falcon, a U.S. long-range air-to-air missile
- AGM-76 Falcon, an experimental US high speed nuclear strike air-to-surface missile
- Curtiss Falcon a post-World War I observation biplane
- General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon, a fighter aircraft
- HMS Falcon, the name of 22 ships of the Royal Navy
- RAF Hal Far, an airfield on Malta called HMS Falcon while it was a Royal Navy base
- USS Falcon, the name of four ships of the United States Navy
- DARPA Falcon Project, a two-part joint project between the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the United States Air Force
- Falcon Air Force Base, former name of Schriever Space Force Base, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
- Joint Security Station Falcon, a former United States military forward operating base in Iraq
- Falcon Turret, a Jordanian main battle tank turret
- ZVI Falcon, a sniper rifle
People
- Falcon (surname)
- Falcon Heene, the young boy involved in the balloon boy hoax of 2009
- Falcon Stuart (1941–2002), British photographer, retailer, filmmaker, manager and music producer
Places
United States
- Falcon, Colorado, an unincorporated community
- Falcon, Kentucky
- Falcon, Mississippi
- Falcon, North Carolina
- Falcon, Tennessee
- Falcon Dam, Texas
- Falcon Village, Texas
Elsewhere
- Falcon, Western Australia, a suburb of Mandurah, Australia
- Falcon Lake (disambiguation), various bodies of water in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico
- Falkenfelsen, or Falcon Rock, a granite formation in Germany
Schools
- Falcon College, an all-boys independent boarding school in Esigodini, Zimbabwe
- Falcon High School, Falcon, Colorado, United States
School mascots
- American Cooperative School of Tunis
- United States Air Force Academy
- Aplington–Parkersburg High School
- Clear Lake High School (Houston, Texas)
- Flowery Branch High School
Sports
- Falcon Field (Corinth, Texas), a baseball field
- Falcon Baseball Field, in Colorado Springs, Colorado
Transport
Aviation
- Buckeye Falcon, an American powered parachute design
- Dassault Falcon, a family of business jets manufactured by Dassault Aviation
- Dassault Falcon 900, a French-built corporate trijet aircraft made by Dassault Aviation
- Falcon Air, a defunct Swedish airline
- Falcon Air Express, a defunct airline based in Miami, Florida
- Falcon Express Cargo Airlines, an airline based in the United Arab Emirates
- Hansjörg Streifeneder Falcon, a German sailplane
- Miles Falcon, a 1930s British three/four-seat cabin monoplane
- Rolls-Royce Falcon, a World War I-era aircraft engine
- Wills Wing Falcon, an American hang glider design
- Falcon Field (Arizona), an airport
- Atlanta Regional Airport, also known as Falcon Field, a public use airport in Fayette County, Georgia, United States
Maritime
- Falcon, a ship of the Third Supply fleet to Virginia colony in 1609
- Falcon, a small sailing vessel used by Edward Frederick Knight to explore the Baltic
- SS Falcon, a steamship built in 1945 as Sasbeck, and named Falcon 1968–69.
Rail
- British Rail Class 53 Falcon, a class of lightweight electric-diesel locomotives made in 1961
- Falcon, a South Devon Railway Comet class 4-4-0ST steam locomotive involved in a crash
Road
- Dennis Falcon, a bus model manufactured by Dennis Specialist Vehicles
- Falcon Cycles, a British bicycle manufacturer
- Falcon Shells, a British automobile manufacturer
- Falcon Motorsports, an American manufacturer of high performance automobiles
- Chrysler Falcon, a concept sports car made by Chrysler
- Various cars produced by Ford.
- Ford Falcon (Argentina), a compact car built by the Ford Motor Company of Argentina
- Ford Falcon (Australia), a full-size car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company of Australia
- Ford Falcon (North America), a compact car produced by Ford Motor Company
- Ford Falcon van, a passenger van produced by the Ford Motor Company in the 1960s
Rocketry and space
- Falcon 1, a SpaceX launch vehicle
- Falcon 5, a proposed partially reusable launch vehicle designed by SpaceX
- Falcon 9, a partially reusable launch vehicle produced by SpaceX
- Falcon Heavy, a partially reusable launch vehicle produced by SpaceX
- "Falcon", the callsign of the Apollo 15 Lunar Module
- Viper Falcon, a U.S. sounding rocket
- The Falcon Project, a U.K. and U.S. rocket company by Daniel Jubb
Other uses
- Operation FALCON, several dragnets for fugitives organized by the United States Marshals Service
- Typhoon Falcon (disambiguation)
- FALCON (cable system), a submarine communications cable connecting several countries in the Persian Gulf and India
- Falcon (Duinrell), a Gerstlauer Eurofighter model roller coaster at Duinrell amusement park
- Corpus Christi Carol, a medieval song sometimes called the "Falcon Carol"
See also
Search for "falcon" on Misplaced Pages.
- Falcons (disambiguation)
- Falcón (disambiguation)
- Falkon, a web browser
- Falcon Heights (disambiguation)
- Falcone (disambiguation)
- Falcones (disambiguation)
- Flacon
- Falken Tires, a subsidiary of Sumitomo
- All pages with titles beginning with Falcon
- All pages with titles containing Falcon
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