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The technique of throwing objects made out of paper most probably originated in Egypt, where the first pieces of papyrus were thrown through the air into trash cans
Maybe this is true, but it sure sounds like someone having a little fun with this article. Is there any factual basis for this sentence? — Bkell 03:00, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)
I'm the owner of one of the pages that is linked (Joseph Palmer), and I'm interested in donating my four designs (Graphics & text) to the wikkipedia, but I'm not sure how this is done. Ideas?
I wish to submit my web site for inclusion for the purpose of discussion on paper airplanes. The OmniWing platform was conceived in the early 1970's with emphasis on flight stability and glide performance. Several variations presented. See at www.omniwing.com. Performancepaper ( talk) 20:56, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
The link to Ken Blackburn's page is now defunct. What is wikipedia's policy on this? Fire 00:10, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
There are a lot of other paper airplane sites with decent paper airplanes--paperairplanes.co.uk, paperaeronautics.org, etc., for all paper airplane lovers... [[User:rohang.paa|paperaeronautics.o
Hi. What is the record for the fastest paper airplane ever officially recorded, hand launched or otherwise? Should it be in the article? Thanks. AstroHurricane001( Talk+ Contribs+ Ubx) 23:00, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
I have attempted to improve this article by improving the language and restoring various sections lost through vandalism. However, I think the aerodynamics section is still confusing to those not familiar with the world of paper planes. Looking back to how the article was in 2004, I think the aerodynamics section read much better. Before I take the section back to that older version, what do the other editors think? Astronaut 14:35, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
Having personally met Prof E.H. Mathews, and spoken with him, I take exception to the editor who replaced his name with a spurious 'Prof Birch of Wales' who was NEVER responsible for the PP gliders. If the replacer will identify himself / herself it would be appreciated, and some discussion entered into.
It is possible Prof. Birch was the disseminator of Prof. Mathews glider's in Europe during the 1980's, and some qualification would be appreciated - but the wholesale replacement of names was inappropriate given the circumstances.
Thanks, User Deepshark5
The article mentions "Tim Richardson on his website" (or similar), but nowhere gives a link to this website, or the correct Tim Richardson. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.167.5.50 ( talk) 10:27, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
Does anyone know of some good paper airplane sites? I've tried paperaeronautics.org, paperairplanes.co.uk, and paperairplanes.net so far, but don't know more. Rohang paa ( talk) 19:26, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
a new website: www.4dpaperairplane.com. It's a 3-dimensional paper airplane model but also can be fly (so its named 4d paper airplane). It's a combination of 3d paper model and fly paper model. We should have a section for this 4D paper airplane model. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jiant4d ( talk • contribs) 21:07, 5 February 2016 (UTC)
paper-aviator.com [1] offers eight different ways to make a paper airplane (more to come) with step by step video instructions. -- Chilndan ( talk) 06:42, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
The section's material is written similar to an instruction manual (i.e. Wikibooks) rather than encyclopedic content. Wikipedia is not a manual, guidebook, or textbook. Please rewrite the section that establishes a neutral point of view. – nh. jg 01:03, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
I started a disambiguation page at paper plane (disambiguation), because the hatnotes on this page were starting to get a bit cluttered. Feel free to adjust and revert as needed. -- Muchness ( talk) 10:09, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
There is no such word as 'airplane'. The point is that we are not dealing with a different version of English; it's not as if we are talking about the difference between, say 'movie' and 'film'. These are both acceptable as American English and British English respectively. 'Movie' and 'film' are entirely separate words, independent of each other. With 'airplane' we are, in fact, dealing with a word that is simply a mis-applied and mis-spelt which has found its way into everyday American usage. This is the same vein as 'check' instead of 'cheque'. For that reason the word 'airplane' does not exist. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.150.5.216 ( talk) 10:23, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
Are you still going on about this? I'm bored. Or am I board? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.150.21.193 ( talk) 07:47, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
This page should be renamed paper airplane. Wikipedia is not supposed to be a source for new words or terms but a reflection of accepted language. 24.136.136.72 ( talk) 11:07, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
JJhashisreasons ( talk) 19:38, 30 July 2012 (UTC) I see a bunch of 'DC-3 of paper aeroplanes' on the Internet, one from Costa Rica in zurqui.co.cr. Is it worth noting?
Pgr0 ( talk) 23:45, 3 August 2012 (UTC) While you are talking about ways of propelling paper airplanes, you might mention that walkalong gliding involves the continuous propulsion of paper airplane designs (such as the tumblewing and paper airplane surfer [2]) by soaring flight on the edge of a sheet of cardboard.
Jiant4d ( talk) 22:45, 5 February 2016 (UTC) The 4d paper airplane is a fly-able 3d paper airplane model, or 3d airplane glider. The 4d paper airplane combines White-wing design for aerodynamics and 3d scaled paper model based on real airplane. Although there is some limitation for mimicking airplanes which heavily depend on fly-by-wire technology, most 4d paper airplane model has some aerodynamic representation for its real counterpart. [3]
{{edit semi-protected||answered=no} Please add a paragraph or at least a hint, that newest paper planes use profile shaped wings like real airplanes. These paperplanes have a much higher glide ratio than old fashioned paper planes and because of this have advantages in paper plane competition. Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWccBs3H05Y 62.156.52.72 ( talk) 14:17, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
Their site, which has not been updated since early 2011, makes no reference to successful verification of those outrageous distances "reported", like Australia, South Africa, or North America. The BBC website just pooped out a pointless fluff piece today mentioning those 'facts' about the outcome. They also could not, as the article says, withstand "gusts up to 100mph", which is a bad interpretation of what the source news article says. (A badly-written article anyhow; exactly what is a "virtual stabilizer?") Anyway, I would take out all these clunky sentences, unless you just want to leave the factoid that "some guys dropped some from a balloon once". I would, but, you know, Wikipedia apparently hasn't figured out how to block only little brats from Ohio from screwing with pages (hint: IP address blocking). They have no problem needlessly publicizing mine, of course. Luckily it's dynamic. 208.65.89.155 ( talk) 01:15, 4 June 2014 (UTC)
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I think it would be necessary to add this following paper airplane as example for paper airplanes with profile wings, because this plane is a "milestone" in the development of paper airplanes. It is in fact the first Paper airplane with a real profiled wing, which could be build easily. Build Instructions Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWccBs3H05Y Free Blueprint for Printing http://www.pdf-archive.com/2014/12/01/profile-paper-plane/profile-paper-plane.pdf Styleboyle2 ( talk) 20:30, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
No paper yet in 500BCE. Ribosome2012 ( talk) 02:02, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
Surely a section on Popular Culture references is in order. I mean such instances as when in Planet of the Apes, Taylor constructs a paper aeroplane as a throwaway gesture of his own technological superiority; incurring the wrath of Dr Zaius, who crushes it. Nuttyskin ( talk) 12:43, 8 January 2017 (UTC) Nuttyskin ( talk) 12:43, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
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External Links: fix DMOZ URL to " https://dmoztools.net/Arts/Crafts/Paper/Origami/Paper_Airplanes/" 37.48.37.230 ( talk) 17:15, 11 June 2017 (UTC)
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Change Wiwatersrand to Witwatersrand in "In 1984, Professor E.H. Mathews, lecturer in Thermodynamics at the University of the Wiwatersrand" G0atsen ( talk) 08:50, 11 August 2019 (UTC)
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the highest paper airplane altitude launch was 35043 metres high 205.169.166.82 ( talk) 21:22, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
The world record of Takuo Toda is not 27.9 seconds but 29.2 seconds. See this source. Thieu1972 ( talk) 11:44, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
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add the following to the bottom of the Notable Books list:
Advancedpaperairplanes ( talk) 17:38, 22 December 2021 (UTC)
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