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posted by Lacking Subtlety on Nov 19, 2009 - 60 answers

Can anyone suggest a really great paper airplane design or a cheap balsa glider? The idea is to nest it beneath a kite and release it at the highest possible altitude. I have the release worked out (we have considered dropping eggs on people) but don't have any idea what plane would work best in this scenario. My kids have been really into flying kites lately and I thought this would be a cool way to have some fun with it. Thanks in advance!
posted by snsranch on May 4, 2008 - 17 answers

What did people call paper airplanes in the gap between when paper was invented and when the airplane was invented? Paper birds?
posted by rushmc on Nov 18, 2004 - 4 answers