This man’s dreams take flight, one paper plane at a time

FUKUYAMA, Hiroshima Prefecture--Have sheet of paper, will fly. That simple philosophy reflects Takuo Toda’s obsession with ...
The Spokesman-Review

Paper airplanes could help with design of drones or flying robots

“If you take a regular piece of paper and try to make it fly, it will flutter, tumble, flip around in the air and do all sorts of crazy motions,” said Leif Ristroph, an associate professor of ...
SlashGear

Why Paper Airplanes Have A More Important History Than You Realize

Paper airplanes are something that kids all over the world are familiar with. After all, they are a toy that can be made almost anywhere as all you need is a piece of paper and the ability to fold it ...
Flying

Boeing Engineers Set New Distance Record With Paper Airplane

Two Boeing engineers now hold the Guinness World Record for flying a handmade paper airplane after it flew 290 feet. [Credit: Shutterstock] Boeing engineers Dillon Ruble and Garrett Jensen set a new ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Now You Can Fold Planes From the National Air and Space Museum and Watch Them Fly

Check out a new book of paper airplanes inspired by the Smithsonian’s collections Michael D. Hulslander A paper airplane and its inspiration, the Mitchell U-2 Superwing. Plane image - Gift of Frank X.