Paper plane

A paper airplane.

A paper plane is a toy airplane made from paper. The paper is folded in a certain way so that the folded paper actually glides. This is a form of origami; the Japanese art of paper folding. Paper planes were used originally for testing real airplanes. Today the making of paper planes is a hobby and a craft.

Takuo Toda holds the world record for the longest time in air (27.9 seconds). The distance record (226 feet 10 inches or 69.14 m) was set by Joe Ayoob, with a plane constructed by John Collins, in February 2012. but was broken on the 14th of April 2022 by 3 South Korean men with a distance of 77 metres

Paper Plane Media

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  A simple folded paper plane

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  Ninomiya's "N-424" design from Jet Age Jamboree (1966). The glider fuselage is constructed from several laminations of paper glued together. The wings are of two laminations, and the tailplane and tailfin of a single lamination.

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  International contest paper glider

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  An example of an asymmetrical custom paper airplane, which exhibits large torque due to unbalanced forces on the wings. The flight path assumes a somewhat parabolic shape, before descending in a rapid counter-clockwise spiral, as viewed from behind.

Further reading

• Iggulden, Hal; Iggulden, Conn (2007). "The Greatest Paper Airplane in the World". The Dangerous Book for Boys. New York: HarperCollins. p. 2–3. ISBN 978-0061243585.