Albatross (disambiguation)
An albatross is one of a family of large winged seabirds.
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Albatross or Albatros may also refer to:
Animals
- Albatross (butterfly) or Appias, a genus of butterfly
- Albatross (horse) (1968–1998), a Standardbred horse
Literature
- Albatross Books, a German publishing house that produced the first modern mass market paperback books
- Albatros Literaturpreis, a literary award
- "L'albatros" (poem) ("The Albatross"), 1859 poem by Charles Baudelaire
- The Albatross, a 1971 novella by Susan Hill
- The Albatross, the fictional propeller-sustained airship in Jules Verne's novel Robur the Conqueror
- Albatross (novel), a 2019 novel by Terry Fallis
Film and television
- Films Albatros, a French film production company which operated between 1922 and 1939
- Albatross (2011 film), a British film
- Albatross (2015 film), an Icelandic film
- Albatross (Monty Python sketch), a well-known sketch from Monty Python's Flying Circus, first appearing in 1970
- "Albatross" (Star Trek: The Animated Series), a 1974 episode of the animated television series
- "Albatross" (Law & Order: Criminal Intent), a 2007 episode of the television crime drama
Music
- An Albatross, an American artcore/grindcore band
- Albatross (Nepali band)
Albums
- Albatross (Big Wreck album) (2012)
- Albatross (The Classic Crime album) (2006)
- Albatross, a 2005 album by The Standard
- The Albatross (album)
Songs
- "Albatross" (Big Wreck song)
- "Albatross" (Corrosion of Conformity song) (1994)
- "Albatross" (instrumental), a 1968 instrumental by Fleetwood Mac
- "Albatross", an unreleased song by Brave Saint Saturn
- "Albatross", a 1967 song by Judy Collins from Wildflowers
- "Albatross", a 1979 song by Public Image Ltd. from Metal Box
- "Albatross", a 2011 song by Wild Beasts
- "Albatross", a 2015 song by Foals from What Went Down
Transportation
Aircraft
- Albatros Airlines (Turkey), a Turkish charter airline from 1992 to 1996
- Albatros Airways, an Albanian budget airline
- Albatros Flugzeugwerke, a German aircraft manufacturer that built a series of biplane fighters during World War I
- Albatross Soaring Machine, an unsuccessful flying machine designed by William Paul Butusov in 1896
- Aero L-39 Albatros, a Czech jet trainer aircraft
- de Havilland Albatross, a four-engine British transport aircraft in the 1930s
- Grumman HU-16 Albatross, a US Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard amphibious flying boat
- Beriev A-40 Albatros, a Russian amphibious plane
- Gossamer Albatross, a human-powered airplane
- L'Albatros artificiel, gliders built by Jean-Marie Le Bris in 1856–1868
Automobiles
- Albatros (automobile), a British automobile
- Albatros (1912 automobile), a French automobile
- Albatross (automobile), an American sports car venture that was planned in 1939
Trains
- V250 (train) or Albatross, a high-speed train designed to operate between Amsterdam and Brussels
- Albatross, a GWR 3031 Class locomotive built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915
Other uses
- Albatross (golf), a score of three under par on a hole
- Albatross (metaphor), an encumbrance or a wearisome burden
- Albatross (Rolling Thunder), a video game character
- Albatross, Missouri
- Grupo Albatros, a special operations service of the Argentine Naval Prefecture
- HMAS Albatross (air station), a Royal Australian Navy base
- Albatross Foundation USA, an environmental group
- Albatross Marine, a British manufacturer of very light aluminium speedboats
- Michael Gross (swimmer) or "The Albatross", former professional swimmer
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See also
- List of ships named Albatross
- All pages with titles beginning with Albatross
- All pages with titles containing Albatross
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