Comments on: What's new about paper airplanes?

Question: What's new about paper airplanes?

ericc — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:00:29 -0800

What interesting things have happened to paper airplanes in the last 20 years?

It's been about that long since the last time I've made a paper airplane. Presumably there have been some advancements. Scientific advancements. Practitioner advancements. Business advancements. What's new and exciting about paper airplanes? Who are the names to watch? Where's the hotbed of paper airplane activity?

By: faunafrailty

faunafrailty — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:06:07 -0800

I've seen The Paper Airplane Guy give two demos at Maker Faire, and he's great. It looks like there are some tutorials and a video on his site.

By: jedicus

jedicus — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:11:06 -0800

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Wikipedia article on paper airplanes has pretty good coverage of modern developments in the field, including citations to books and webpages with instructions on building advanced models.

By: wavering

wavering — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:17:01 -0800

The Japanese want to launch a paper airplane from space in 2009.

By: proj

proj — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:19:10 -0800

Not paper, but tangentially related:
Simple Plastic Airplane Design and Flying Puppets.

By: sararah

sararah — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:46:59 -0800

Maybe you should stop by this paper airplane contest.