An albatross can fly up to 1,000 kilometers
per day which is over 620 miles.The amazing part of that flight is that
it can all be done without the albatross even flapping a wing.
This is because the bird uses dynamic soaring which involves repeatedly rising into the wind and then descending downwind. The albatross gains energy from the vertical wind gradient.
The other method that the albatross uses for its long flights is known as slope soaring which involves the use of the rising air on the windward side of large waves.
Reference:
www.usc.edu.
http://www.ask.com/question/how-long-can-an-albatross-flyThe Laysan Albatross, one of the largest flying birds, has a wingspan greater than six feet (two meters), and, like all albatrosses, flies almost effortlessly.
An albatross' heart rate while flying is almost the same as it is at rest. A bird that
sleeps while flying is the Laysan Albatross, which dwells in skies above northern oceans.
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20101222002909AAfsF3dYoung albatrosses fly for several years without ever touching land.
We have much to learn about efficient flying from the albatross.
Be impressed, ladies and gentlemen, be impressed indeed.
PS: One Laysan albatross, tracked by biologists at Wake Forest University, flew more than 24,843 miles in flights across the North Pacific to find food for its chick in just 90 days — a flight distance equivalent to circling the globe.
