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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.
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 ...
For every goal there is a typical plane and sometimes a world record. [9] A contest-winning paper glider. There have been many attempts over the years to break the barriers of throwing a paper plane for the longest time aloft. Ken Blackburn held this Guinness World Record for 13 years (1983
On 28 October 2010, the PARIS (Paper Aircraft Released Into Space) project launched a paper plane at 90,000 ft (27,000 m) - 17 miles up - at a location about 120 miles (190 km) west of Madrid, Spain, setting a world record recognised by Guinness World Records. [1]
On 28 October 2010, an aircraft was successfully launched at 90,000 ft (27,000 m)—17 miles up—setting a then world record for "highest altitude paper plane launch" recognised by Guinness World Records at a location about 120 miles (190 km) west of Madrid, Spain.
The project achieved a Guinness world record recognition. [68] [69] This record was broken on 24 June 2015 in Cambridgeshire, UK by the Space Club of Kesgrave High School, Suffolk, as part of their Stratos III project. The paper plane was launched from a balloon at 35.043 kilometres (114,970 ft). [70] [71]
Armand “Mondo” Duplantis of Sweden in action as he vaults a new world record of 6.25 meters at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, on Aug. 5. ... Air Force plane flying over northern Gaza, on April ...
Contestants from over 99 countries from around the world qualified for the 2009 competition. The third Red Bull Paper Wings world finals took place on May 4–5, 2012. The final round of the competition takes place in Red Bull's Hangar 7 in Salzburg , Austria , and is monitored by Guinness Book of World Records officials.