Albatross (disambiguation) explained
An albatross is one of a family of large winged seabirds.
Albatross or Albatros may also refer to:
Animals
Literature
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 (2022 film), an American drama film
- Drift Away (film), French title Albatros, a 2021 French drama film
- Albatross (Monty Python sketch), a 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
Albums
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
- "Albatross", a 2022 song by Kevin Devine from Nothing's Real, So Nothing's Wrong
- "Albatross", a 2024 song by English Teacher from This Could Be Texas
- "The Albatross", a 2024 song by Taylor Swift from The Tortured Poets Department
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
- 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
- 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
- "Albatross" drones, reconnaissance drones developed for the Russian invasion of Ukraine by the Russian company Albatross, which operates the Yelabuga drone factory
Automobiles
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
Ships
Other uses
- Albatross (cloth), a lightweight, soft material with a napped and slightly creped surface
- 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 Marine, a British manufacturer of very light aluminium speedboats
- Michael Gross (swimmer) or "The Albatross", former professional swimmer
- Albatross stores, special stores in the Soviet Union to sell foreign goods for special coupons