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9 unusual facts about falcon


Coro TV

It was created in July 2004 and can be seen in the community of Santa Ana de Coro in the Miranda Municipality of the Falcón State of Venezuela on UHF channel 68.

Falcon Coperis

Falcons are top predators in the world and "Coperis" was derived from the name of the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus.

Falcon, Colorado

The district currently has three high schools, Falcon High School, Vista Ridge High School, and Sand Creek High School.

Fire Baptized Holiness Church of God of the Americas

The Anglo-American division of the Fire-Baptized Holiness Church merged with the Pentecostal Holiness Church on 30 January 1911 in Falcon, North Carolina, to form what is now known as the International Pentecostal Holiness Church.

Flamingo Televisión

Flamingo Televisión is a Venezuelan regional television station that can be seen on channel 10 in the towns of Boca de Aroa, Tucacas, Ciudad Flamingo, Chichiriviche, and San Juan de los Cayos in the Falcón State.

Hallaca

To this day, some people in western Venezuela (primarily in Zulia, Falcón and Lara states) use the terms tamar and tamare to refer to what is basically a bollo—the closest version of the tamal in Venezuela—with a simple meat filling.

Ninja Gaiden 3

The Dragon Statues that allowed Ryu to save and heal are replaced by a scripted Falcon who swoops down to Ryu's hand and saves at specific points in the level, restoring his health to full as well.

Rhinodoras

Rhinodoras has been identified in the fossil record from the late Miocene Urumaco Formation (about 9 million years of age), Falcón State, Venezuela.

Utricularia buntingiana

U. buntingiana is endemic to Venezuela, where it is only known from a few locations: the type location in Henri Pittier National Park, one collection on the Paraguaná Peninsula, and a few others from Falcón.


1973 Australian Touring Car Championship

The night before Round 6 of the series at the Adelaide International Raceway, Moffat's GTHO Falcon was stolen from Stillwell Ford in the northern Adelaide suburb of Medindie.

Alejandro Colina

Alejandro Colina's parents were Alejandro Torcuato Colina, the illegitimate son of Estado Falcón; and Fermina Viera, a Spanish lady originally from Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

Amur Falcon

It was earlier treated as a subspecies of the Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus) and known as the Eastern Red-footed Falcon.

Australian Stock Car Auto Racing

Other notable drivers include: Marshall J. Brewer, Terry Wyhoon, Garry Rogers, Russell Ingall, John Faulkner, Jim Richards and his son Steven, Tony Kavich, Adam Pay, Nathan Pretty and his sister Nicole, Jason Whylie, Eddie Abelnecia and Leigh Watkins (who was the only driver other than Jim Richards to win the championship driving a Falcon).

AVIC VSTOL UAVs

Short-tailed Falcon (Duan-wei-sun or Duanweisun, 短尾隼) is a Chinese experimental VTOL UAV that has very similar layout like that of Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey, and it is also known as Bateleur.

Bearcreek, Montana

In addition, Bearcreek plays host every autumn to Montana Falconer Symposium, the state's largest gathering of falcon trainers and birds of prey enthusiasts.

Black shaheen

(Black) Shaheen Falcon (Falco peregrinus peregrinator), South Asian subspecies of Peregrine Falcon

Blackburn G.P.

A second G.P. was built, which was structurally stronger through the use of heavier gauge metal fittings and revised structure, with power supplied by two Rolls-Royce 190hp engines (later to be renamed Falcon) driving handed four bladed propellers in similar fashion to the first aircraft.

Boobs! The Musical

J. Robert Spencer, Jenny-Lynn Suckling, Robert Hunt, Kristy Cates, Clyde Alves, Alena Watters, Brad Bradley, Tony Falcon, Benjie Randall and the New York theatre debut of Gennifer Flowers.

Bristol F.2 Fighter

Rolls-Royce aero engines of all types were in chronic short supply in this period, and the Falcon was no exception.

Camargo Municipality, Tamaulipas

In the group led by Captain Blas Maria de la Garza Falcon were Miguel de la Garza Falcon, his brother, and Nicolas de los Santos Coy, father-in-law of Captain Falcon and ex-alcalde of nearby Cerralvo Municipality in Nuevo León.

Captain America: Reborn

In Central Park, Falcon, Natasha, Bucky, Luke Cage, Jessica Drew, and Clint Barton are there without their costumes, but have a teleportation spell ready in case Norman Osborn and his Dark Avengers attempt to capture them.

Charles Fitzgeoffrey

Fitzgeoffrey is mentioned by Francis Meres in his 1598 survey of contemporary English literature, Palladis Tamia, where he is admiringly described as "that high touring Falcon" for the epic quality of his verse and his patriotic choice of subject.

Claude Johnson

In the winter of 1915-1916 Johnson personally named the first three Rolls-Royce aircraft piston engines, the Eagle, Hawk and Falcon, starting the company's tradition of naming piston aero engines after birds of prey.

Dario Chiazzolino

In 2010 took part to an original Latin Jazz project; he recorded the album named "Proposition", with Dany Noel Martinez on bass, Horacio Hernandez on drum, Ivan Bridon and Ivan Melon Lewis on piano, Carlos Sanduy on trumpet and with guest singer Concha Buika and other main Latin icons as Ramón Porrina, Jerry Gonzáles, Inoidel González, Javier Masso “Caramelo“, Fernando Favier, Diego Guerrero, Ivette Falcón Urgate, Daniel Martínez Miranda.

Dick Johnson Racing

In a very generous move, fellow Falcon runner and reporter for The Mike Walsh Show, Andrew Harris, approached Johnson's wife Jill in the pits shortly after the crash and offered his car to the Johnson team if a replacement car could be found for him.

Energy policy of Venezuela

Venezuela's main oil fields are located at four major sedimentary basins: Maracaibo, Falcon, Apure, and Oriental.

Environment of Argentina

Hawks, falcons, herons, and tinamous (perdiz, Argentine "false partridges") inhabit the region.

Falcon 1e

Falcon 1e launches were intended to occur from Omelek Island, part of Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, and from Cape Canaveral, however SpaceX had announced that they would consider other locations as long as there is a "business case for establishing the requested launch site".

Falcon 9 v1.0

The Falcon 9 v1.0 first stage was used on the first five Falcon 9 launches, and powered by nine SpaceX Merlin 1C rocket engines arranged in a 3x3 pattern.

Falcon 9 v1.1

The Falcon 9-R, a reusable variant of the Falcon 9 family, is being developed using systems and software technology being developed as part of the SpaceX reusable launch system development program by SpaceX to facilitate rapid reusability of both the first and second stages.

Falcon Lake

Falcon International Reservoir (also known as Falcon Lake), formed by the international crossing at Falcon Dam

Falcon Motorcycles

The first motorcycle in The Falcon Ten series, The Bullet, was a customized 1950 Triumph Thunderbird built out with parts from other rare bikes as well as newly fabricated parts.

Falcon's third motorcycle, the 'Black', was built around a 1950 Vincent Black Shadow engine unit.

Falcon Northwest

In 2005, Falcon Northwest's President, Kelt Reeves, had a heated exchange with HardOCP, an online magazine geared towards the PC hardware enthusiast and PC gaming communities.

Fred Slingsby

His first glider, in 1931, was a Falcon, which was a British version of the RRG Falke, built by Rhön-Rossitten Gesellschaft and designed by Alexander Lippisch.

Frontenac Secondary School

The Falcon football program has produced numerousCIS players, All Canadians and Vanier Cup participants and champions including Quarterback Warren Goldie who led the University of Western Ontario mustangs to the Vanier Cup in 1994.

Glenn Seton Racing

Seton came close to winning the 1995 Tooheys 1000 in the new EF model Falcon, retiring due to a broken engine valve spring whilst in the lead with only eight laps to run.

Jesse Falcon

Since 1998, Falcon has been a featured performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, which helped launch the careers of comedians like Saturday Night Live's Amy Poehler and The Daily Show 's Rob Corddry. Falcon also performs with other comedy groups such as Mother, The Chipperton Family, Telethon, and Girl Crush 2040. He has also appeared in the comedic short film Running with Scissors.

John Goss

John Goss Special, a version of the Ford Falcon built to celebrate his Bathurst win in 1974

Kabi Lungchok

Kabi Lungchok region is also home to several species of birds such as: the Pariahkite, Crested Serpent eagle, shahhen falcon, Rufous-necked Hornbill, Aceros nipalensis, Chestnut-breasted Partridge, Black-breasted Parrotbill, Grey-crowned Prinia, Ward’s Trogon.

Kirby the Kestrel

Kirby the Kestrel is an American Kestrel (sometimes called a falcon or sparrow hawk) that frequents Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Manu Chhabria

His major acquisitions were the following six companies: Shaw Wallace (liquor manufacturer), Dunlop India and Falcon Tyres (both rubber tire manufacturers), Hindustan Dorr Oliver (water treatment and pollution control projects), Mather & Platt (pump-set manufacturers) and Gordon Woodroffe (freight carrier).

Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire

Signor Ferrari and Ugarte, characters portrayed by Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre in the movie Casablanca appear in Raseir, as does the Maltese Falcon from the movie of the same name which also featured Greenstreet and Lorre in other roles.

Red Molly

In 2007 they toured with Pat Wictor and Ellis, the other winners of the Falcon Ridge Emerging Artist showcase, on the Falcon Ridge Preview tour and performed with them in the Most Wanted Song Swap at the Festival itself.

Ron Clark Ball

A former Officer and Naval Aviator who flew the F-14 Tomcat and served in the United States Navy during Operation Desert Storm, his fictional novel Falcon on the Tower is a lauded debut suspense thriller that tackles issues of radical Islamic global terrorism in the 21st Century and its collision with capitalism.

Sasha Miller

She wrote a number of works set in Andre Norton's Witch World, including GURPS Witch World (1989) with Ben W. Miller, a rule book for the GURPS role-playing game system, and the novel Falcon Magic (1994), published in the On Wings of Magic omnibus.

SES-8

Both stages of the Falcon 9 arrived at Cape Canaveral for processing before October 2, 2013, after both had trouble-free test firings at the SpaceX Rocket Development and Test Facility at McGregor, Texas.

Sierra de San Pedro Mártir National Park

The park is also home to many avian species like: Bald Eagle, Golden Eagle, Falcon, Woodpecker, Black Vulture, Crow, several species of Sittidae.

Simon de Burley

In the same year, Burley was given the office of Master of the Falcon and Keeper of the Mews near Charring, and was appointed constable of Windsor Castle for life.

Soviet spacecraft call signs

Pavel Popovich and Andriyan Nikolayev's call signs in their joint flight in Vostok-3 and Vostok-4, Sokol ("falcon") and Berkut ("golden eagle"), were widely popularized by soviet media.

The Falcon and the Snowman

The film is based upon the 1979 book The Falcon and the Snowman: A True Story of Friendship and Espionage by Robert Lindsey, and features the song "This Is Not America", written and performed by David Bowie and the Pat Metheny Group.

The Maltese Falcon

The Black Bird, a 1975 comedic sequel film to The Maltese Falcon

Maltese Falcon Society, an organization for admirers of Dashiell Hammett, his novel The Maltese Falcon, and hard-boiled mystery books and writers in general

William Wynter

After the fleet was dispersed by a storm off Flamborough Head on 16 January, the damaged Swallow, Falcon, and Jerfalcon were left at Tynemouth, and the rest of the fleet passed Bamborough Castle to Berwick upon Tweed, where 600 hand gunners were embarked.

Wisconsin–River Falls Falcons

The UWRF Falcon's Men's Track and Field team also competes at a Division III level in the WIAC.


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