What is the world record for the biggest paper plane ever made and how far did it fly? If different, what is the record for the longest flight by a paper plane?

sarahcateh

In 1992, NASA made a paper airplane with a wingspan of 30ft,6in. As far as I can tell this is still the largest paper plane made. I don't think it was flown. Ken Blackburn holds the world record for the longest flight of a paper plane. His paper plane was in the air for 27.6 seconds. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_plane#World_records Jun 13 10, 9:48 AM

serpa

The NASA paper plane did fly. "Then as a grand finale, they launched a thirty-foot craft, achieving yet another new milestone - one hundred fourteen feet, nine inches." http://grosveld.com/publications/World%27s%20Largest%20Paper%20Airplane.htm But it is not the largest paper plane to fly. "The paper aircraft with the largest wingspan, 40ft 10in (1.97m), was made by a team of students from the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. It was flown indoors on May 16, 1995. Launched indoors by one person, it flew a distance of 114ft 2in (34.80m) from a 10ft (3m) high platform. In order to comply with the rules, it only had to fly more than 50ft (15.24m) from the edge of the launch platform. This aircraft would have covered a greater distance, but for a wall which stopped it in mid flight, causing extensive damage to the nose section, and still smashing the world record in the process." http://www.stupidarticles.com/science/paper-airplane-world-records.html Jun 13 10, 10:09 AM

Iatlo1977

A Japanese engineer has set the world record for the longest flight for a paper airplane, keeping his design aloft for 27.9 seconds. After his record flight, Takuo Toda said that his achievement was merely the next step in his ambition of launching a paper plane from space. Mr Toda, who is chairman of the Japan Origami Airplane Association, performed his feat at a competition in Hiroshima Prefecture in April and it has now been confirmed by Guinness World Records as the longest ever flight by a paper plane. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/5344958/Japanese-man-sets-record-for-paper-plane-flight.html Jun 15 10, 7:35 AM