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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.
Time published an April 2, 1973 article, The Paper-Plane Caper, [2] about the paper airplane and its Kline–Fogleman airfoil. Also in 1973, CBS 60 Minutes did a 15-minute segment on the KF airfoil. CBS reran the show in 1976. [citation needed] In 1985, Kline wrote a book entitled The Ultimate Paper Airplane. [3]
In late February and early March 2012, a viral video spread across the web featuring Ayoob throwing a paper airplane designed by John M. Collins, across an entire air hangar, breaking the world record for the longest flight with a paper airplane, at a distance of 226 feet, 10 inches (≈69.14m).
The video was filmed in Bedford-Stuyvesant, a neighbourhood which prompted M.I.A. to contemplate American perceptions of immigrants. Director Bernard Gourley, known for his work with hip hop artists, directed the music video for "Paper Planes". [70] Shot in Bedford-Stuyvesant, it depicts M.I.A. as an undercover dealer.
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The Paper Aircraft Released Into Space (PARIS) project was a privately organized endeavour undertaken by various staff members of the British information technology website The Register to design, build, test, and launch a lightweight aerospace vehicle, constructed mostly of paper and similar structural materials, into the mid-stratosphere and recover it intact.
On September 5, 2024, three paper planes, one of which was equipped with a radiosonde, were launched from Italy using a weather balloon. The launch reached an altitude of 41,889 meters. [14] The telemetry plane landed in the sea after 1 hour and 59 minutes of flight. One of the other two paper planes was found a week later. [15]
Happy Plane A video showing a red airplane with a happy face being piloted by a panda, all while a cheerful song plays in the background. After a while, the panda pilot presses buttons, causing the plane to drop cat bombs which fall on a city. The citizens all watch with smiling expressions on their faces, unaware that the city is going to get ...