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Time published an April 2, 1973 article, The Paper-Plane Caper, [2] about the paper airplane and its Kline–Fogleman airfoil. Also in 1973, CBS 60 Minutes did a 15-minute segment on the KF airfoil. CBS reran the show in 1976. [citation needed] In 1985, Kline wrote a book entitled The Ultimate Paper Airplane. [3]
Paper airplanes are known to have been made as far back as the mid 19th century, based on an American children's book describing their construction from 1864. [ 2 ] The construction of a paper airplane, by Ludwig Prandtl at the 1924 banquet of the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics , was dismissed as an artless exercise by ...
In a test in Japan in February 2008, a prototype about 7 centimetres (2.8 in) long and 5 centimetres (2.0 in) wide (reported by other sources as 30 centimetres (12 in) [5]) survived Mach 7 speeds and temperatures reported to be 230 °C (446 °F) in a hypersonic wind tunnel for 10 seconds. [6]
By RYAN GORMAN A paper airplane set a new Guinness world record as it flew 82 miles this month. A team of auxiliary U.S. Air Force volunteers launched the paper aircraft from a weather balloon ...
Ken Blackburn (born March 24, 1963) is the former Guinness World Record holder for paper airplanes (time aloft). His first set the record in 1983 (16.89 seconds), resetting it in 1987 (17.2 sec), 1994 (18.8 sec) lost the record in 1996 and set the record of 27.6 seconds on 10/8/98 in the Georgia Dome.
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National Paper Airplane Day is an unofficial observance, celebrated on May 26 each year in the United States to commemorate the simple aeronautical toy. [1] Paper airplane day celebrations typically include social gatherings at which participants create and fly paper airplanes. These events often feature contests in two basic flight categories ...
Illegal Guatemalan immigrant Sebastian Zapeta-Calil is charged with setting her on fire around 7:30 a.m. Dec. 22 on an F train in the Stillwell Avenue-Coney Island station. She was asleep on the ...