Paper Airplanes

If you love paper airplanes like I do, you'll love this fun paper airplane game. It's easy to do and everyone has a great time. Chase ’N Race Game Have a quantity of good paper airplane paper available. You can use plain ol' copy paper or very thin construction paper. You can also make it more of a project by having crayons and markers on hand to color the paper first before you fold your paper airplane. Kids love this! Give a hand to each child in folding the paper airplane. A good idea... Read Full Story

I bet you didn't know there were so many things that people have done with paper airplanes in the past. Here's just a few of them... The Smallest Paper Airplane The smallest origami paper model of a Crane Bird was folded under a microscope using tweezers by Mr. Naito from Japan and was made from a piece of paper 2.9 mm square. It is displayed on top of a sewing needle. Wow! That’s small – only problem is, it didn’t fly! Upside Down Paper Airplane Flying Any kind of paper aircraft that is... Read Full Story

Easy Paper Airplanes Here's a little bit of interesting information about the origin and history of paper airplanes. Definition A paper plane, paper aeroplane, or paper airplane is a toy plane made out of paper. It is perhaps the most common form of aerogami, a branch of origami (the Japanese art of paper folding). In Japanese, it is called 紙飛行機 (kami hikoki; kami=paper, hikoki=airplane). It is popular due to its being one of the easiest types of origami for a novice to master. The most... Read Full Story

Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is called "Paper Airplanes". Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles about recent news and trends related to the wikizine's topic, others recount relevant personal stories or share their favorite pictures and video clips. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this wikizine? Well, then put on your journalist's cap and add your own article... Read Full Story

Like to fly paper airplanes? Well, get out your best flying paper, folding techniques and throwing arm! Uncle Dean from the Online Paper Airplane Museum in Tampa Bay, Florida is holding the first annual paper airplane contest at the Tampa Bay Library. Participants from 1 - 99+ are welcome. So, if you are in the neighborhood, be sure to stop by and join in the fun. All kinds of races and games, prizes and fun times are planned for this March 24th event. Get all the details at www.uncledean... Read Full Story

Easy Paper Airplanes Do you ever find yourself right in the middle of making dinner or cleaning out the garage when your precious little one comes to you and says, “I’m bored. What can I do?” It’s happened to all of us… And this is coming from the kid that usually has a room full of toys, loads of games, and books galore. I know because that kid is mine! I may list off several things he could do right off the top of my head and I’d often get a big sigh or a long look with a response such... Read Full Story

Easy Paper Airplanes Here's a really fun activity for a birthday party or a project for a classroom. If you use it for a birthday party, make a game out of it. See who can make their plane fly the best, keep making adjustments and the winner gets a prize. If you use this for a classroom project, the discussion that follows is great for learning to understand gravity, lift, drag, and thrust. You can substitute any paper airplane design for the one below. Objective: To investigate the... Read Full Story

If you live anywhere near Pueblo, Colorado, you might want to check out a fun paper airplane contest sponsored by The Pueblo Chieftain and the Pueblo Historical Aircraft Association. Here are the details: What: It's the 12th Annual Fly Pueblo Paper Airplane Contest When: Taking place at 10 am on June 9, 2007. Sign up and practice begins at 9am sharp! Where: It takes place at the Weisbrod Aircraft Museum. According to the Monday Morning Special of the The Pueblo Chieftain, the directions... Read Full Story

By Louis Templado, Staff Writer of the Herald-Asahi There's something about spring that brings out all manner of madness in people. How else to explain the small army of archers--or that's what they looked like from a distance--pirouetting skyward on the lawn of Tokyo's Mizumoto Park in Katsushika Ward on April 15? photoHand-launch competitor Satoru Hoshino checks his plane's alignment. (Louis Templado) The sun was climbing toward noon. But this group--bodies bent back, arms stretched high... Read Full Story

Kids gathered around the second floor of the Eau Claire library in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, today to test their talents and this is a talent - paper airplanes. A paper airplane contest at the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library had children of all ages involved. A panel of judges marked points for airplane distance, loops and look among other things. Chrissy Knoelke, a youth librarian, said the Youth Service Department put on the "April Specials" program to let kids know about the variety... Read Full Story