Smithsonian Magazine

Beat the Winter Blues by Learning How to Fly Smithsonian Paper Airplanes With Your Kids

When an airplane flies, the wings are designed to provide enough lift to overcome the airplane’s weight, so the plane doesn’t ...
WLOX

Fourth annual Paper Airplane Contest takes flight at Mississippi Aviation Heritage Museum

GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - The fourth annual Paper Airplane Contest brought youngsters out to the Mississippi Aviation Heritage Museum Saturday. Young kiddos and their guardians got creative with ways ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Now You Can Fold Planes From the National Air and Space Museum and Watch Them Fly

Check out a new book of paper airplanes inspired by the Smithsonian’s collections Michael D. Hulslander A paper airplane and its inspiration, the Mitchell U-2 Superwing. Plane image - Gift of Frank X.
SlashGear

Why Paper Airplanes Have A More Important History Than You Realize

Paper airplanes are something that kids all over the world are familiar with. After all, they are a toy that can be made almost anywhere as all you need is a piece of paper and the ability to fold it ...
WRAL

Paper airplane designed by Boeing engineers breaks world distance record

It's a bird... It's a plane... It's a paper airplane! The world record for the farthest flight by paper airplane has been broken by three aerospace engineers with a paper aircraft that flew a grand ...