We're Falcon. We make industrial coils for energy and mining equipment. That name gets us a lot of attention—and a lot of accidental visitors. Every week, someone searches 'falcon' and lands on our site looking for a movie prop, a car, or something else entirely. This FAQ is the one I wish we'd published in 2017, before I had to answer the same wrong questions a thousand times.
Who owns the real Maltese Falcon?
Take this with a grain of salt, because nobody has a complete chain of custody for a 1941 movie prop. In the movie, the Falcon that turns up is a fake—the real one is a legend, and it never actually appears. So when people ask 'who owns the real Maltese Falcon?', they usually mean one of the prop statues. According to Bonhams auction results from November 2013, one of those sold for $4.1 million. The buyer's name wasn't publicly disclosed. So the honest answer is: I don't know exactly who owns it today. I do know it's not us. Our Falcon makes industrial coils, not movie props.
Are Falcon cars connected to your company?
Usually no. The Falcon cars people search for are mostly Ford Falcons, especially the Australian models built from 1960 to 2016, plus a few kit-car companies that used the Falcon name. They're not related to our equipment. In my first year, a lead asked for 'Falcon coils.' I assumed he meant heavy-duty industrial coils. What I mean is: I heard 'industrial part'; he heard 'car part.' After three emails, he sent a photo of his Ford Falcon on jack stands. We both got a laugh out of it, and I created a rule: every order gets a part number or photo before we quote. Same words, different meanings—and it was an expensive lesson in a cheap way.
Who are Eddie and Leah?
I don't have hard data on this. Our search analytics shows 'Eddie' and 'Leah' next to the word Falcon often enough that people are looking for a show, a game, or a set of characters—not a movie prop and not a car. I checked once and fell into a rabbit hole. I'm not 100% sure which Falcon they belong to, and I'd rather admit that than make something up. If you're here for Eddie and Leah, you probably want a fandom wiki, not an industrial equipment site. For us, this is a sign that the word Falcon is too broad. We've tried to make our product pages more specific, but the name isn't going anywhere.
Why is Henry not playing?
I genuinely don't know who Henry is, or why he's not playing. You'd think after years of answering weird Falcon searches I'd have a standard reply for this one, but I don't. Here's what I can tell you from our world: 'not playing' usually means a machine is down because someone skipped a check. In September 2022, we rushed a coil order based on a drawing that looked right. It wasn't. The unit sat idle for a week while we made a replacement, and the redo cost roughly $890. Now we use a 12-point checklist on every custom order. Five minutes of verification beats five days of correction.
What does Falcon actually make?
Industrial coils for energy and mining equipment—heavy-duty coil springs, machine coils, and custom assemblies. I once described it as 'anything with a coil,' which is exactly the kind of vague statement that causes trouble. A customer in Chile ordered a Falcon coil for a crusher, and we shipped the wrong diameter because nobody confirmed the application. That was a $890 redo plus a one-week delay. It should have been a 30-second question: 'No, please send me the exact part number.' Since that mistake, we've caught 47 potential errors using the same checklist. Prevention is cheaper than repair, and I wish I'd learned that in year one.
Why does the name Falcon cause so much confusion?
Because the word is overloaded. It's a bird, a movie, a car, a spaceship, a sports team, and about forty other things. For a B2B brand, that means we get the wrong kind of traffic. The most frustrating part is that you'd think a clear category page would fix it. It helps, but it doesn't stop people from searching a generic word and landing here anyway. I still kick myself for not pushing for 'Falcon Industrial' in the company name from day one. Oh, and I should add that we finally added an exit link for people who were really looking for the movie or the car. It cut the silliest emails by maybe 20%. Should have done it years earlier.
What should I do if I searched for the wrong Falcon?
No apology needed. If you were after the Maltese Falcon or a Ford Falcon, try 'Maltese Falcon movie prop' or 'Ford Falcon parts.' That sounds obvious, but a lot of people don't do it. We didn't have a process for handling wrong searches until early 2024, when we added a 'not what you were looking for?' link on our homepage. It cost almost nothing and it saved us from explaining ourselves daily. If I could go back to 2017, I'd put that link up on day one. But at least now the page, the checklist, and this FAQ all exist—and the next person who lands here slightly lost will get a straight answer instead of a dead end.