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4 unusual facts about Albatross


Charles Henry Gilbert

8,10 He concentrated on Pacific fish, mostly marine, and participated in numerous expeditions aboard the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross.

First Army Air Service

A few pursuit patrols of Fokker airplanes were reported as operating in this sector, but it was quite probable that these were new airplanes received as replacements for the Albatross and Pfalz type formerly in use.

Justin Edwards

His film work includes The Duchess, Albatross, Virgin Territory as well as playing Giant Haystacks and Gan in Tim Plester's short films World of Wrestling and Blakes Junction Seven.

The Pious Bird of Good Omen

Its use as an album title as well as the album art is a sly wink to the featuring of the band's number 1 UK hit "Albatross."


Albatross Books

Allen Lane adopted the look-and-feel of Albatross editions closely, copying most of its innovations, for the first Penguin Books.

Beriev Be-200

The name Altair was chosen as it is not only the name of the alpha star in the Eagle constellation, but also because "Al" is the first part of the name of the A-40 Albatross amphibious aircraft, whose layout was the development basis for the creation of the Be-200, "ta" stands for Taganrog, and "ir" stands for Irkutsk.

Charles Cleveland Nutting

He conducted various zoological expeditions—in Central America for the Smithsonian Institution (1882-84), in Florida (1885), on the Saskatchewan River (1891)—and was naturalist of the Albatross Hawaiian expedition in 1902.

Chatham Albatross

The Chatham Albatross, with the White-capped, Shy and Salvin's Albatrosses, were all considered the same species until a 1998 book by Robertson and Nunn.

Commander Kraken

When he revamped his look in 1976, his vehicle of choice was a Brigantine called "The Albatross".

Frank Sandford

There were moments of real peril, as when the Coronet fought its way through the thundering seas around Cape Horn and then again after a powerful gale broke the main sheet and (indirectly) part of the mast almost immediately after Sandford had shot an albatross.

Giorgio Federico Ghedini

Ghedini's most celebrated concert piece is Concerto dell'Albatro (Albatross Concerto) for violin, cello, piano, narrator and orchestra, which includes fragments from Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick in its final movement.

Grenville Kent

The pilot episode, "Does God Exist? Part 1" examines flight and compares design features of the albatross and the Airbus A380.

Jeff Overton

In 2006, he scored a double eagle (albatross) on the 18th hole at Westchester Country Club during the Barclays Classic as he holed a fairway wood from 239 yards after a 294-yard drive.

Kumatarō

Kumataro Ito (c. 1860- c. 1930) was the illustrator on board the Bureau of Fisheries Steamer U.S.S. Albatross during the Philippine Expedition from 1907 to 1910

Louis Vorster

Vorster made his cricketing debut for Albatross cricket club on 1 July 1983, in a victory against the Sussex Second XI at Glynde.

New South Wales Albatross Study Group

The “Wanderer” group of albatrosses has been split into several taxa including, as well as the Wandering Albatross, the Antipodean, Gibson's, Tristan and Amsterdam Albatrosses, not all all of which are recognised by all authorities.

Nick Dougherty

He shot a final round of 64 and ended with a one stroke victory over Rafael Echenique, who made an albatross 2 on the par-5 18th, and by four over Goosen.

Otago Access Radio

Toroa, the Māori word for albatross, was chosen as being representative of the Dunedin area due to the location of a notable albatross colony within the city limits at Taiaroa Head on Otago Peninsula.

Otago Peninsula

At the entrance to the Otago Harbour the peninsula rises to Taiaroa Head, home to a breeding colony of Northern Royal Albatross, the only colony of albatross to be found on an inhabited mainland.

Ozie Boo!

Other characters include Rajah the baby Siberian tiger, Mikky and Nikky the polar bear cubs, Mel the starfish, Wally and Polly the baby belugas, and Sky the albatross.

Pygmy ribbontail catshark

The first known specimens of the pygmy ribbontail catshark were collected during the 1907–1910 Philippine Expedition of the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross.

Ray Lawler

In 1972, he visited Australia for the Melbourne Theatre Company’s production of The Man Who Shot the Albatross, a version of the Governor Bligh story; and then in 1975 returned to settle in Australia as associate director of the Melbourne Theatre Company, with an agreement to complete a trilogy based on Summer of the Seventeenth Doll.

Royal Albatross

Note: Some authorities have yet to split this species such as the SACC or James Clements, in that case, Royal Albatross refers to both Species.

Savage Pencil

Savage Pencil was also a member of The Art Attacks, a band who released two 7"s; "I'm A Dalek" b/w "Neutron Bomb" (released on the Albatross label in 1977) and "First & Last" / "Punk Rock Stars" / "Rat City" (released on the Fresh label in 1979).

Sea Life Park Hawaii

The Bird Sanctuary is home to many wild marine birds including "Iwa" (great frigatebirds), boobys, shearwaters, and albatrosses, most of which came to the sanctuary sick or injured.

Shrine '69

Recorded at a concert in southern California, this album includes versions of the band's recent hits, "Albatross" and "Need Your Love So Bad", as well as more unusual songs like "Before the Beginning" and "Lemon Squeezer".

Solander Islands

The southern, and nominate, subspecies of Buller's Albatross (Thalassarche b. bulleri) breeds only on the Solanders and the Snares.

Sooty Albatross

This albatross nests on islands in the southern Atlantic Ocean (Gough Island and the Tristan da Cunha group) and Indian Ocean (Prince Edward Island, Marion Island, the Crozet Islands, Amsterdam Island, and Kerguelen Islands).

Spined pygmy shark

The spined pygmy shark was one of many new species discovered during the course of the 1907–1910 Philippine Expedition of the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross.

The Smugglers

This one is Cherub, Longfoot's former shipmate under pirate Captain Avery on the Black Albatross.

White-capped Albatross

The White-capped Albatross is part of a greater complex of Albatrosses consisting of the Shy Albatross, Thasassarche cauta, Salvin's Albatross, Thalassarche salvini, Chatham Albatross, Thalassarche eremita.

William Evans Hoyle

Trained as a medical anatomist, Hoyle is most famous for his monographic studies on cephalopods from major exploring expeditions of his era including the Challenger, the Albatross, the British National Antarctic Expedition and the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition.


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