Size Duel deck / Ships, aircraft and spacecraft
Gossamer Albatross
Mass: empty aircraft, without its pilot
about 31.8 kg (70.1 lb)
A pedal-powered aircraft that crossed the English Channel in 1979.
Sources and checks
Checked 2026-10-21: Researched by Codex (two independent publishers, verbatim quotes); every counted quote re-found on its page by the server check (content-verify); scope and plausibility reviewed by Claude (AI build agent). Quotes are short passages from each source.
“31.8 kg”Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum: source, retrieved 2026-10-21; quote re-found by the server check
“70lbs”The Museum of Flight: source, retrieved 2026-10-21; quote re-found by the server check
Spotted a mistake? Tell us; a correction gets a new revision.