Learn how to make paper airplanes with these easy-to-follow directions. Origami is the Japanese art of folding paper. Finished designs can be 2-dimensional or intricate 3-dimensional creations. And ...

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 ...

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 ...

There should be memories that many people made "paper airplanes" when they were children. Some may have memories that had trial and error, such as adding an original arrangement to a normal folding ...

John Collins, also known as 'The Paper Airplane Guy,' teaches us how to fold and fly our very own "Phoenix" paper airplane. The Phoenix is a broader wing glider than the classic 'dart' and not too ...

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You might think paper airplanes are fun, quick-to-make toys for kids, but there is a world of paper plane–makers who are dead serious about the creation of record-setting planes. John Collins, The ...

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 ...

Learn how to make a DIY paper airplane launcher using simple materials like cardboard, CDs, and small electric motors in this ...

Growing up with six brothers, John Collins got really good at folding paper planes. "Anything you can beat your siblings at is good," he says. But he didn't just beat his siblings. In 2012, Collins ...