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Hamber the California Condor

The California condor is the largest flying bird in North America. Their wings stretch nearly 10 feet from tip to tip. When in flight, these huge birds glide on air currents to soar as high as 15,000 feet, so you might see them out of the window of your A320 when flying to one of our many destinations within the state. After decades of decline, condors neared the point of extinction in the late 1970s, when only two or three dozen birds survived.

Hamber is named after Jan Hamber, an American ornithologist and conservationist. While working at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History in the 1970s, she became involved in the effort to save the California condor. She played a significant role in the condor's survival in the wild. Hamber was the biologist who tracked the last known California condor in the wild, placing the phone call that led to its capture at the beginning of the successful captive breeding program that saved condors from becoming extinct.

Aircraft Information

Aircraft Model: Airbus A321-271NeoX

Aircraft Registration: N609FR

Seat Capacity: 240

Engine Type: PW1133GA-JM

First Flight: 1/17/22

Final Assembly Location: USA

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