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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]
A paper plane, paper aeroplane (UK), paper airplane (US), paper glider, paper dart or dart is a toy aircraft (usually a glider) made out of paper or paperboard; the practice of constructing paper planes is sometimes referred to as aerogami (Japanese: kamihikÅki), after origami, the Japanese art of paper folding. [28]
Blackburn's record-breaking 20-year-old paper plane [14] was based on his belief that the best planes had short wings and are "heavy" at the point of the launch phase in which the thrower throws the paper plane into the air, and at the same time longer wings and a "lighter" weight would allow the paper plane to have better flight times but this ...
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"How to Build a Pietenpol Air Camper or Sky Scout Airplane" General characteristics. Crew: One pilot; Capacity: One passenger; Length: 17 ft 8 in (5.39 m) Wingspan: 29 ft 0 in (8.84 m) Height: 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Wing area: 135 sq ft (12.5 m 2) Empty weight: 610 lb (277 kg) Gross weight: 995 lb (452 kg)
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Meet the experts: Shannel Kassis Elhelou, PsyD, is a geropsychology and neuropsychology fellow at the Pacific Neuroscience Institute’s Brain Wellness and Lifestyle Programs at Providence Saint ...
The Paper Aircraft Released Into Space (PARIS) project was a privately organized endeavour undertaken by various staff members of the British information technology website The Register to design, build, test, and launch a lightweight aerospace vehicle, constructed mostly of paper and similar structural materials, into the mid-stratosphere and recover it intact.