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How to make awesome paper airplanes

by Jonathon Morgan (Subscribe to Jonathon Morgan's posts)
Jun 18th 2007 9:01AM

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Filed under: Activities: Babies, Toys

When I quit my 8 to 5 to spend afternoons with my kid, my first thought was: "this is gonna be so awesome!" My second thought was: "what are we going to do?"

Subsequently, I spend a considerable amount of time trying to find things that will keep my toddler and I occupied while we hang out. And when I stumbled upon this cheat sheet for folding top-notch paper airplanes, I was pumped.

Everyone knows how to make your basic paper airplane -- but it's hard to make them fly correctly. So the Guardian UK asked a number of experts to offer their tips on how to make your plane a real high-flyer.

And before you ask, yes, there really are paper airplane experts -- like Ken Blackburn, the world record holder (who made a paper plane that flew for almost 30 seconds), Mark Bolitho, a paper-folding expert, and Frank Jaeger, an engineer for Airbus. All three offer excellent suggestions for making an excellent paper-made aircraft.

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