A paper plane is a toy airplane made from paper . The paper is folded in a certain way so that the folded paper actually glides . This is a form of origami ; the Japanese art of paper folding. Paper planes were used originally for testing real airplanes. Today the making of paper planes is a hobby and a craft.

Takuo Toda holds the world record for the longest time in air (27.9 seconds). ^[1] The distance record (226 feet 10 inches or 69.14 metres) was set by Joe Ayoob, with a plane constructed by John Collins, in February 2012. ^[2] but was broken on the 14th of April 2022 by 3 South Korean men with a distance of 77 metres

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• Iggulden, Hal; Iggulden, Conn (2007). "The Greatest Paper Airplane in the World". The Dangerous Book for Boys . New York: HarperCollins. p. 2?3. ISBN   978-0061243585 .

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