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  2. Paper plane - Wikipedia

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    A simple folded paper plane Folding instructions for a traditional paper dart. A paper plane (also known as a paper airplane or paper dart in American English, or paper aeroplane in British English) is a toy aircraft, usually a glider, made out of a single folded sheet of paper or paperboard.

  3. Kline–Fogleman airfoil - Wikipedia

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    The KF airfoil was designed by Richard Kline and Floyd Fogleman. Aircraft wing showing the KFm4 Step. In the early 1960s, Richard Kline wanted to make a paper airplane that could handle strong winds, climb high, level off by itself and then enter a long downwards glide.

  4. Yasuaki Ninomiya - Wikipedia

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    He created paper airplanes since childhood and on Christmas Eve, 1966 learned that he could enter his designs in the First Great International Paper Airplane Contest. Pan American Airways offered to fly designs of paper airplanes that originated in Japan to the contest. He entered and, out of 12,000 entries from 28 countries, won in two ...

  5. National Paper Airplane Day - Wikipedia

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    National Paper Airplane Day is an unofficial observance, celebrated on May 26 each year in the United States to commemorate the simple aeronautical toy. [1] Paper airplane day celebrations typically include social gatherings at which participants create and fly paper airplanes. These events often feature contests in two basic flight categories ...

  6. Paper planes launched from space - Wikipedia

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    Should one of the airplanes thus have made its way home, its journey would have helped to demonstrate the feasibility of slow-speed, low-friction atmospheric reentry. Critics have suggested that even a successful demonstration would lack probative impact beyond the realm of diminutive sheets of folded paper—they can only fall. [ 6 ]

  7. Zap Comix - Wikipedia

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    Zap Comix is an underground comix series which was originally part of the counterculture of the late 1960s. While a few small-circulation self-published satirical comic books had been printed prior to this, Zap became the model for the "comix" movement that snowballed after its release. The title itself published 17 issues over a period of 46 ...

  8. Alaska Air Group (ALK) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript - AOL

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    Image source: The Motley Fool. Alaska Air Group (NYSE: ALK) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Jan 23, 2025, 11:30 a.m. ET. Contents: Prepared Remarks. Questions and Answers. Call Participants

  9. Ken Blackburn (aeronautical engineer) - Wikipedia

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    Ken Blackburn (born March 24, 1963) is the former Guinness World Record holder for paper airplanes (time aloft). His first set the record in 1983 (16.89 seconds), resetting it in 1987 (17.2 sec), 1994 (18.8 sec) lost the record in 1996 and set the record of 27.6 seconds on 10/8/98 in the Georgia Dome.