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EPISODE · May 19, 2026 · 3 MIN

Jules Verne’s dream machine takes flight in Czech record-breaking replica

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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.

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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...

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