Jules Verne’s dream machine takes flight in Czech record-breaking replica
19.5.2026 - 10:22
In a sports hall in the Czech town of Pelhřimov, a dream from the age of steam and brass finally lifted off the ground. A nearly three-meter-long replica of the Albatross - the fantastical flying machine from Jules Verne’s 1886 novel Robur the Conqueror - successfully took flight, earning a place in the Czech Book of Records.
