People

• Falcon (surname)
  Falcon (surname)
  Falcon is a surname. Some possible places of origin are:* Pompeyo Falcó, a Roman consul* a Scandinavian prince, who arrived in Spain about 1080...
  
  
• Cornélie Falcon, operatic soprano
• Falcon Heene, the young boy involved in the balloon boy hoax of 2009
• Christopher John Boyce
  Christopher John Boyce
  Christopher John Boyce is a convicted KGB who sold U.S. spy satellite secrets to the Soviet Union in the 1970s.-Espionage:...
  
  , nicknamed "the Falcon", an American traitor and walk-in Soviet spy
• Christian Falk
  Christian Falk
  Christian Falk is a Swedish record producer and musician.Falk released the hit single, "Make It Right", in 2000. In 2008, he released a new version of "Calling You" with Jevetta Steele's vocals...
  
  , nicknamed "Falcon", a Swedish musician and producer

Aviation

• Curtiss Falcon
  Curtiss Falcon
  The Curtiss Falcon is a family of military biplane aircraft built by the United States aircraft manufacturer Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company during the 1920s. Most saw service as part of the United States Army Air Corps as observation aircraft with the designations O-1 and O-11, or as the...
  
   a post-World War I observation biplane
• DARPA Falcon Project, an unmanned spaceplane capable of hypersonic speeds
• Dassault Falcon
  Dassault Falcon
  The Dassault Falcon is a family of business jets, manufactured by Dassault Aviation.Aircraft include:* Dassault Falcon 10 Scaled down Falcon 20...
  
  , a family of business jets manufactured by Dassault Aviation
• F-16 Fighting Falcon
  F-16 Fighting Falcon
  The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is a multirole jet fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force . Designed as an air superiority day fighter, it evolved into a successful all-weather multirole aircraft. Over 4,400 aircraft have been built since...
  
  , a fighter aircraft
• Falcon Air
  Falcon Air
  Falcon Air was a cargo and passenger airline based in Malmö, Sweden. It operated mail transport services at night and day flights on contract for FlyMe. Its main base was Malmö Airport.Tha airline ceased operations in 2006.- History :...
  
  , a defunct Swedish airline
• Falcon Air Express
  Falcon Air Express
  Falcon Air Express is an airline based in Miami, Florida, USA. It operated charter services and wet-leasing of aircraft. Its main base is Miami International Airport. Falcon Air sub-contracts for Venezuelan carrier Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela...
  
  , a defunct airline based in Miami, Florida
• Falcon Express Cargo Airlines
  Falcon Express Cargo Airlines
  Falcon Express Cargo Airlines is a cargo airline based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was established in 1995 and operates express parcel services throughout the Persian Gulf, mainly for FedEx, UPS, TNT and Aramex...
  
  , an airline based in the United Arab Emirates
• Rolls-Royce Falcon, a World War I era aircraft engine used in the Bristol F.2 Fighter

Maritime

Rail

• British Rail Class 53
  British Rail Class 53
  British Rail assigned Class 53 to the single Brush Traction-built prototype locomotive Falcon. While not in any sense a failure, the design was the victim of advances in locomotive technology and was never duplicated.- History :The Falcon project began in 1959 to design a new, lightweight...
  
   Falcon, a class of lightweight electric-diesel locomotives made in 1961
• Falcon, a South Devon Railway Comet class
  South Devon Railway Comet class
  The Comet class were 12 4-4-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway and associated railways. They were designed for passenger trains on this steep and sharply curved line but were also used on goods trains when required....
  
   4-4-0ST steam locomotive involved in a crash

Road

• Dennis Falcon
  Dennis Falcon
  The Dennis Falcon was a rear-engined bus chassis built by Dennis Specialist Vehicles between 1981 and 1993. It was mostly built as a single-deck bus, although some express coaches and a small number of double-deckers were also produced...
  
  , a bus model manufactured by Dennis Specialist Vehicles
• Falcon Cycles
  Falcon Cycles
  Falcon Cycles is an English bicycle manufacturer based in Brigg, North Lincolnshire. The company can trace its history back over 125 years.In addition to producing bikes under its own name, Falcon produces bicycles under several brand names including Falcon, British Eagle, Coventry Eagle, Townsend,...
  
  , a British bicycle manufacturer
• Falcon Shells
  Falcon Shells
  Falcon Shells was a British company that produced specials/kit cars from 1956 until 1964.-History:Falcon Shells was founded in 1956 by Peter Pellandine following his amicable split with Keith Waddington of Ashley Laminates. It was originally based at 23 Highbridge Street, Waltham Abbey in Essex....
  
  , a British automobile manufacturer
• Ford Falcon (Argentina)
  Ford Falcon (Argentina)
  The Argentine Ford Falcon is a car that was built by Ford Argentina from 1962 to 1991. Mechanically, it was based on Ford USA's 1960 Falcon. The Falcon retained the same elegant body style throughout its production, with several substantial face lifts taking place during its lifespan, giving it a...
  
  , a compact car built by the Ford Motor Company of Argentina
• Ford Falcon (Australia)
  Ford Falcon (Australia)
  The Ford Falcon is a full-size car which has been manufactured by Ford Australia since 1960. Each model from the XA series of 1972 onward has been designed, developed and built in Australia and/or New Zealand, following the phasing out of the American Falcon of 1960–71 which had been re-engineered...
  
  , a full-size car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company of Australia
• Ford Falcon (Americas), 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

• AIM-4 Falcon
  AIM-4 Falcon
  The Hughes AIM-4 Falcon was the first operational guided air-to-air missile of the United States Air Force.-Development:Development of a guided air-to-air missile began in 1946. Hughes Aircraft was awarded a contract for a subsonic missile under the project designation MX-798, which soon gave way...
  
  , the first operational guided air-to-air missile of the US Air Force
• AIM-26 Falcon
  AIM-26 Falcon
  The AIM-26 Falcon was a larger, more powerful version of the AIM-4 Falcon air-to-air missile built by Hughes. It is the only guided U.S. air-to-air weapon with a nuclear warhead, though the unguided AIR-2 Genie was also nuclear-armed.-Development:...
  
  , a U.S. nuclear capable air-to-air missile
• AIM-47 Falcon
  AIM-47 Falcon
  The Hughes AIM-47 Falcon, originally GAR-9, was a very long-range high-performance air-to-air missile that shared the basic design of the earlier AIM-4 Falcon. It was developed in 1958 along with the new Hughes AN/ASG-18 radar fire-control system intended to arm the Mach 3 XF-108 Rapier interceptor...
  
  , a U.S. long-range air-to-air missile
• AGM-76 Falcon
  AGM-76 Falcon
  The AGM-76 Falcon is an air-to-surface missile developed by the United States of America.-Overview:The AGM-76 was developed as a ground attack version of the AIM-47 Falcon air-to-air missile, in much the same way that the AGM-87 Focus was developed from the AIM-9 Sidewinder. It was planned to use...
  
  , an experimental US high speed nuclear strike air-to-surface missile
• Several space launch vehicles made by SpaceX
  • Falcon 1
    Falcon 1
    The Falcon 1 is a partially reusable launch system designed and manufactured by SpaceX, a space transportation company in Hawthorne, California. The two-stage-to-orbit rocket uses LOX/RP-1 for both stages, the first powered by a single Merlin engine and the second powered by a single Kestrel engine...
    
    
  • Falcon 5
    Falcon 5
    The Falcon 5 was a proposed two-stage-to-orbit partially reusable launch vehicle designed by SpaceX, since canceledand replaced by the larger, more powerful Falcon 9.-Overview:...
    
    
  • Falcon 9
    Falcon 9
    Falcon 9 is a rocket-powered spaceflight launch system designed and manufactured by SpaceX. Both stages of its two-stage-to-orbit vehicle use liquid oxygen and rocket-grade kerosene propellants...
    
    
  • Falcon Heavy
    Falcon Heavy
    Falcon Heavy, previously known as the Falcon 9 Heavy, is a spaceflight launch system that uses rocket engines currently being designed and manufactured by SpaceX. Both stages of the two-stage-to-orbit vehicles use liquid oxygen and rocket-grade kerosene propellants...
    
    
• Falcon, the callsign of the Apollo 15
  Apollo 15
  Apollo 15 was the ninth manned mission in the American Apollo space program, the fourth to land on the Moon and the eighth successful manned mission. It was the first of what were termed "J missions", long duration stays on the Moon with a greater focus on science than had been possible on previous...
  
   Lunar Module
• Viper Falcon
  Viper Falcon
  Viper Falcon is the designation of an American sounding rocket. The Viper Falcon program was started in 1960. The Viper Falcon has a ceiling of and a length of 3.50 meters....
  
  , a U.S. sounding rocket

Film

• Falcons (film)
  Falcons (film)
  Falcons , was the seventh film directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson. This film, released in 2002, is mostly in English language and therefore this drama is considered to be a film of both domestic and international appeal....
  
  , a 2002 film starring Keith Carradine
• Banović Strahinja (film)
  Banović Strahinja (film)
  Banovic Strahinja is a 1983 Yugoslavian film.-Plot:During the late 14th century Serbia becomes the target of the Ottoman Empire. While the respected Serbian noble Strahinja Banovic is out hunting, a Turkish renegade gang burns his castle, kills all of his servants, and takes the young wife of...
  
  , English title The Falcon
• Falcon Entertainment
  Falcon Entertainment
  Falcon Entertainment , an United States company based in San Francisco, California, is one of the world's largest producers of gay pornography....
  
  , the parent corporation of a group of gay pornographic film studios
• Falcon Studios, a large company producing gay pornography, based in San Francisco

Fictional characters

• Falcon (Transformers)
• Falcon (comics)
  Falcon (comics)
  The Falcon is a fictional comic book superhero in comic books published by Marvel Comics.Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Gene Colan, and introduced in Captain America #117 , the character is mainstream comics' first African-American superhero...
  
  , a comic book superhero
• The Falcon (literary character)
  The Falcon (literary character)
  The character of Gay Stanhope Falcon, also known simply as The Falcon, was created in 1940 by Michael Arlen in his short story, "Gay Falcon", which was first published in 1940 in Town & Country magazine...
  
  , a detective created by Michael Arlen in 1940
  • The Falcon (radio)
    The Falcon (radio)
    The Falcon radio series premiered on the Blue Network on April 10, 1943, continuing on NBC and Mutual until November 27, 1954. Some 70 episodes were produced....
    
    , a radio drama featuring the literary crime fighting detective by Michael Arlen
• Lt. Falcon
  Lt. Falcon
  Lt. Falcon is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is a green beret with the G.I. Joe Team and debuted in 1987.-Profile:...
  
  , a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe
• Falcon, a locomotive character, later renamed Sir Handel
  Sir Handel
  Sir Handel is a fictional steam locomotive from The Railway Series children's books by the Rev. W. Awdry and its spin-off TV series, Thomas and Friends. Sir Handel lives and works on the Skarloey Railway on the Island of Sodor as Engine No.3...
  
  , in The Railway Series by Rev. W. Awdry

Music

• An operatic voice type
  Voice type
  A voice type is a particular kind of human singing voice perceived as having certain identifying qualities or characteristics. Voice classification is the process by which human voices are evaluated and are thereby designated into voice types...
  
   first exemplified by Cornélie Falcon
• Falcon Records
  Falcon Records
  Falcon Records was a sub-label of Vee-Jay Records.Due to a name conflict with Falcon Records, the name was subsequently changed to Abner Records....
  
  , a record label
• The Falcons
  The Falcons
  The Falcons were an American rhythm and blues vocal group, some of whose members went on to be influential in soul music.The Falcons formed in 1955 in Detroit, Michigan on the Mercury Records imprint. After personnel changes in 1956, The Falcons had hits for the Lupine Records label with the...
  
  , an American rhythm and blues band in the 50s
• The Falcon (band)
  The Falcon (band)
  The Falcon is a Chicago-based punk rock supergroup. The band features The Lawrence Arms members Brendan Kelly and Neil Hennessy on drums, as well as Alkaline Trio's Dan Andriano...
  
  , a Chicago punk rock band
• Falcon (album)
  Falcon (album)
  Falcon is the second album from Manchester band The Courteeners. It was officially available for pre-order on 7 December 2009, however it appeared on recordstore.co.uk on 5 December and was released on 22 February 2010...
  
  , by British alternative rock band The Courteeners

Video games

• Falcon (computer game)
  Falcon (computer game)
  The Falcon line of computer games is a series of simulations of the F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft. The games were developed and published by Spectrum HoloByte...
  
  , a series of combat flight simulator computer games
• Edward Falcon, a character in the Power Stone series of video games
• Captain Falcon
  Captain Falcon
  Douglas Jay Falcon, better known by his alias, , is a playable character in the racing video game series F-Zero. He first appeared in F-Zero, and has been called the poster boy of the F-Zero franchise. Nintendo first envisioned Captain Falcon as a flagship character to represent the release of a...
  
  , a racer in the F-Zero video game series
• Novint
  Novint
  Novint Technologies, Inc. is a corporation incorporated in Delaware and based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. Novint designs and builds haptic, or 3D touch, devices and software. Novint developed the Novint Falcon, the world's first consumer 3D touch device, which allows users to use...
  
   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

Sports

• Atlanta Falcons
  Atlanta Falcons
  The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are a member of the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
  
  , an American National Football League team
• Springfield Falcons
  Springfield Falcons
  The Springfield Falcons are an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League . They play in Springfield, Massachusetts, at the MassMutual Center and are the top affiliate of the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League. The Falcons' two main rivals are the Connecticut Whale and the...
  
  , an American Hockey League team
• West Perth Football Club
  West Perth Football Club
  The West Perth Football Club, nicknamed the Falcons, is an Australian rules football club located in Joondalup, Western Australia, competing in the West Australian Football League . It is the oldest existing Australian rules football club in Western Australia. It competes in the West Australian...
  
  , West Perth WAFL team
• Falcons (rugby team)
  Falcons (rugby team)
  The Falcons, or Valke in Afrikaans, are a South African rugby union team in Gauteng province that participates in the annual Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup tournaments....
  
  , a South African rugby team
• Newcastle Falcons
  Newcastle Falcons
  The Newcastle Falcons is an English rugby union team currently playing in the Aviva Premiership. The club was established in 1877 and played under the name of Gosforth Football Club until 1990. The name was then changed to Newcastle Gosforth and the club began to play at Kingston Park stadium in...
  
  , a rugby team based in Newcastle, England
• The New Zealand national Australian rules football team
  New Zealand national Australian rules football team
  The New Zealand national Australian rules football team nicknamed the Falcons, is the national team for the sport of Australian rules football in New Zealand. The team is selected from the best New Zealand born and developed players, primarily from the clubs of the New Zealand AFL. New Zealand-born...
  
  , called the Falcons
• Falcon (sport)
  Falcon (sport)
  Falcon is a tongue-in-cheek term used, often in different forms of football, to describe an accidental knock to the head with the ball.The phrase originated from rugby league in Australia. On The Footy Show, casual presenter Mario Fenech's weekly segment was introduced by a piece of footage from...
  
  , a humorous term for being hit on the head by the ball
• Polish Falcons
  Polish Falcons
  The Polish Falcons of America is a Polish fraternal organization founded in 1887 in Chicago, Illinois, USA, as the American branch of the Polish Gymnastic Society Sokół. It quickly expanded among the Polish community in North America, its local lodges called nests...
  
   of America, a Polish fraternal and sporting organization
• USA Falcons
  USA Falcons
  The USA Falcons are one of two national representative rugby union teams from the United States that compete in the North America 4 Series.-Formation:...
  
  , a rugby team that plays in the North America 4 tournament
• St. Catharines Falcons Jr. B
  St. Catharines Falcons Jr. B
  The St. Catharines Falcons are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Golden Horseshoe division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League. The Falcons play their home games inside Jack Gatecliff Arena in downtown St. Catharines.-History:The...
  
  , a Junior "B" hockey team based in St. Catharines, Ontario

School mascots

• American Cooperative School of Tunis
  American Cooperative School of Tunis
  The American Cooperative School of Tunis or ACST is a comprehensive American, international, non-profit , private school located in La Goulette, TunisiaThe school enrolls more than 560 students in grades PreK-12,...
  
  
• Bowling Green Falcons
  Bowling Green Falcons
  The Bowling Green Falcons are the intercollegiate athletic teams of Bowling Green State University, located in Bowling Green, Ohio. The Falcons participate in NCAA Division I in the Mid-American Conference and the Central Collegiate Hockey Association. BGSU is one of only 13 universities in the...
  
   of Bowling Green University
• United States Air Force Academy
  United States Air Force Academy
  The United States Air Force Academy is an accredited college for the undergraduate education of officer candidates for the United States Air Force. Its campus is located immediately north of Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado, United States...
  
  
• Aplington-Parkersburg High School
  Aplington-Parkersburg High School
  Aplington-Parkersburg High School is a school in Parkersburg, Iowa. On May 25, 2008, the school was destroyed by an EF5 tornado. It has since been rebuilt.-Athletics:...
  
  

Places

• Falcon, Colorado
  Falcon, Colorado
  Falcon is an unincorporated exurb in El Paso County, Colorado, United States. It lies along US 24 about 14 miles northeast of Colorado Springs. A railroad hub in the early 20th century, the town spent several decades as a quiet ranching community until it experienced rapid residential growth...
  
  
• Falcon, Kentucky
  Falcon, Kentucky
  Falcon is an unincorporated community in Magoffin County, Kentucky, United States. It lies along Route 40 northeast of the city of Salyersville, the county seat of Magoffin County. Its elevation is 974 feet . Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 41426....
  
  
• Falcon, Mississippi
  Falcon, Mississippi
  Falcon is a town in Quitman County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 317 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Falcon is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land....
  
  
• Falcon Dam
  Falcon Dam
  Falcon Dam is an earthen embankment dam on the Rio Grande between Starr County in the U.S. state of Texas and the city of Nueva Ciudad Guerrero in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas...
  
  , Texas
• Falcon Village, Texas
  Falcon Village, Texas
  Falcon Village is a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas, United States. The population was 78 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Falcon Village is located at ....
  
  
• New Falcon, Texas
  New Falcon, Texas
  New Falcon is a census-designated place in Zapata County, Texas, United States. The population was 191 at the 2010 census.-Geography:New Falcon is located at ....
  
  

• Falcon, Western Australia
  Falcon, Western Australia
  Falcon is a southern suburb of Mandurah, located southwest of Mandurah's central area on the Indian Ocean.-Geography:Falcon is one of four Mandurah suburbs that lie on an island bound by the Mandurah Estuary to the north, the Peel-Harvey Estuary to the east, the Dawesville Channel to the south and...
  
  , a suburb of Mandurah, Australia
• Falcon Lake (disambiguation), various bodies of water in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico
• Falkenfelsen
  Falkenfelsen
  The Falkenfelsen ' is a granite rock formation in the northern Black Forest of Germany's Baden-Württemberg state. One side of the formation is a cliff about high. From the Schwarzwaldhochstrasse , two hiking trails lead through the formation and end at the shelter Herta-hut...
  
  , or Falcon Rock, a granite formation in Germany

Computing

• Atari Falcon
  Atari Falcon
  The Atari Falcon030 Computer System was Atari Corporation's final computer product. Codenamed Sparrow, the machine was based on a Motorola 68030 main CPU, and had a Motorola 56000 digital signal processor, a feature which distinguished it from most other microcomputers of the era.-History:The...
  
  , Atari's last released general-use computer
• Falcon (storage engine)
  Falcon (storage engine)
  Falcon was a transactional storage engine being developed for the MySQL relational database management system. Development was stopped after Oracle purchased MySQL. It was based on the Netfrastructure database engine...
  
  , a MySQL storage engine
• Falcon (programming language)
  Falcon (programming language)
  Falcon is an open source, multi-paradigm programming language. Design and implementation is led by Giancarlo Niccolai, a native of Bologna, Italy and Information Technology graduate from Pistoia....
  
  , a multi-paradigm typeless programming language
• Falcon Northwest
  Falcon Northwest
  Falcon Northwest is a personal computer manufacturing company located in Medford, Oregon, USA which was founded in 1992 by its current president, Kelt Reeves. The company began its existence focusing on high-end systems for Flight Simulation...
  
  , 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)

In business

• FALCON (cable system)
  FALCON (cable system)
  FALCON is a submarine telecommunications cable connecting India and several countries in the Persian Gulf. As part of the Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe, the cable is operated by India's Flag Telecom, a fully owned subsidiary of Reliance Communications....
  
  , a submarine communications cable connecting several countries in the Persian Gulf and India
• Bryggeri AB Falken
  Bryggeri AB Falken
  Bryggeri AB Falken was a brewery in Falkenberg, Sweden. After being bought by Carlsberg it is now just a brand name....
  
  , a Swedish brewery which sold beer under the name Falcon
• Falcon, a fraud-detection system for credit or debit card transactions, owned by FICO
  Fico
  Fico may refer to:* Fair Isaac Corporation , an American company* FICO score, a credit score developed by Fair Isaac Corporation * Hurricane Fico, a hurricane in the 1978 Pacific hurricane season...
  
  
• The Falcon, Chester
  The Falcon, Chester
  The Falcon is a public house in Chester, Cheshire, England. It stands on the west side of Lower Bridge Street at its junction with Grosvenor Road. The Falcon has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building...
  
  , a public house in Chester, Cheshire, England

Other uses

• RAF Hal Far
  RAF Hal Far
  The RAF Hal Far airfield in Malta, titled HMS Falcon during the Royal Navy base, was constructed and opened on 1 April 1929, and was used by Royal Navy air crews. It was the first permanent airfield to be built in Malta. It was transferred to the Maltese Government and redeveloped as from January...
  
  , an airfield on Malta known as HMS Falcon while a Royal Navy base
• Operation FALCON
  Operation Falcon
  Operation Falcon may refer to:* Operation FALCON, a number of 2006 dragnet operations by the United States Marshals Service* Operation Falcon, a 1984 sting operation against US falconers conducted by the US Fish and Wildlife Service...
  
  , several dragnets for fugitives organized by the United States Marshals Service
• Typhoon Falcon (disambiguation)

See also

• Falcón (disambiguation)
  Falcón (disambiguation)
  - Geography :* Falcón State, Venezuela* Falcón Zulia State, often simply called Falcón State* Falcón Municipality, Cojedes, Venezuela* Falcón Municipality, Falcón, Venezuela* José Falcón, Paraguay* Falcón Reservoir / Falcón Lake, Mexico-Texas border...
  
  
• Falco (disambiguation)
• Falcone (disambiguation)
• Falconer (disambiguation)
• all pages beginning with "Falcon"