John Collins knows how to make a piece of paper go the distance. In 2012, he set the world record for the farthest flight for a paper aircraft. Collins, who's known as "The Paper Airplane Guy," has ...

The trick to make a paper airplane fly forever isn’t in the quality of the paper or the intricacy of the folding, it’s in using an electric stove to keep the paper airplane afloat in constant motion.

The history of the first paper airplane is largely debated. According to the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, N.Y., some believe the earliest paper airplanes came from China with the use ...

The history of the first paper airplane is largely debated. According to the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, N.Y., some believe the earliest paper airplanes came from China with the use ...

At some point in everyone’s life—usually during a particularly dull moment in third grade—a plain white piece of paper ...

Making the perfect paper airplane is no easy task. Unless you’re a professional, you probably picked up a few tricks in elementary school—then promptly forgot them. Or, you’ve found one tried-and-true ...

Stripped to its essentials, a paper airplane requires two things: a medium-weight piece of paper and a lot of fine-tuning. But for Ken Blackburn, four-time world champ, launching a winning craft ...

Here at Popular Mechanics, our fascination with paper airplanes runs deep. We decided to celebrate its fascinating history—as well as its surprising contribution to the field of aerodynamics and ...

Next weekend, the world's paper aviation masters will gather in Salzburg, Germany, for the Red Bull Paper Wings championship. During the two-day event, finalists from 70 countries go nose-to-nose in ...

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