Testing a small-scale prototype of the space paper airplane in the University of Tokyo's hypersonic wind tunnel. Shinji Suzuki Earlier this year, when astronauts attached the first section of Japan’s ...

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Building a paper airplane can be as demanding as building the airframe of a real aircraft. And once a group of students in Pisa set out to make the world’s largest one, the classroom craft turned into ...

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 ...

In a possible sign of how seriously FAA is taking unmanned aircraft operations in national airspace -- or maybe just a sign of how absurd matters have gotten -- the FAA yesterday approved the first ...

In 2012, designer John Collins constructed a paper airplane that flew an astonishing 226 feet, establishing a distance record that still stands. A new video ...

Paper planes aren't just for passing secret notes across the classroom anymore. Now, they can even save lives. Otherlab, an engineering research and development lab based in San Francisco, has created ...

That is quite a paper airplane. It spins as it flies. It gets its directional stability from how quickly that it's spinning. But more importantly, that's how it derives its lift, from how fast it's ...