According to the Academy of Model Aeronautics, the paper airplane has a long history. Some of the first paper airplane designs came from the ancient art of Japanese origami. Early pioneers of the sky ...

At some point in everyone’s life—usually during a particularly dull moment in third grade—a plain white piece of paper inspires a certain degree of aerial imagination. Transforming this thin white ...

In 2012, designer John Collins constructed a paper airplane that flew an astonishing 226 feet, establishing a distance record that still stands. A new video ...

The best things about paper airplanes are that they allow you to be creative and that paper is easily accessible. You can use any type of paper — like this newspaper. That allows you to try lots of ...

You know the little paper airplanes you'd fold in class and throw when no one was looking? This is a story about one of those, but much bigger. No, bigger than that. Really big. Jerry Beck, the ...

John Collins holds the record for longest flight by a paper airplane. In 2012, he broke the previous record of 207 feet, 4 inches with a glider thrown by the quarterback Joe Ayoob. Collins' plane ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. How you fold a paper airplane can determine how fast or how far it ...

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, "Belphagore" (1734), brush and black ink, gray wash, heightened with white gouache, on blue paper; 12 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches (image via public domain, all images courtesy Getty ...

BENTONVILLE -- Osage Park will be the home to a public art piece encouraging viewers to set goals and act upon them. The piece, Launch Intention, is a 50-foot-long metal sculpture of a "paper airplane ...

Griffin Loop had never been to Aspen when he loaded a 25-foot steel sculpture of a paper airplane onto a flatbed truck and road-tripped here from Southern California in summer 2019 with the intention ...

Creating a good, great, or world championship-winning paper airplane requires precision and increasing levels of dedication. Here’s how to fold the top flyers from each level. At some point in ...