Paper airplanes have a number of key advantages that make them the perfect way to experiment with aerodynamics. Paper is cheap and in abundance, so it is not difficult to get a lot of it to create ...

I made airplanes and helicopters from paper starting in about 1961 or so. Once, in 7th grade home room, the teacher was out of the room, a 2nd floor classroom in a very old building with windows ...

In a paper published in Acta Astronautica, the researchers demonstrated how origami may be the solution to low Earth orbit’s ...

A series of experiments using paper airplanes reveals new aerodynamic effects, a team of scientists has discovered. Its findings enhance our understanding of flight stability and could inspire new ...

The “science word of the day” is aerodynamics, and the Science Siblings used paper airplanes to explain it. Paige and Adam Jacobson recruited their friend Lincoln to demonstrate. First, they explained ...

What makes Pteromys exciting for paper airplane fans is the idea it can turn almost any design into something that will fly by tweaking details like wing location and shape, or the length of fuselage.

Anthony Deighton’s plans to make a live presentation on airplanes, aerodynamics, and paper airplanes to his twins’ Mason-Rice Elementary School classroom were part of a STEAM (science ...

News Release 23-Jan-2018 A new family of aerodynamic configurations of hypersonic airplanes Peer-Reviewed Publication Science China Press ...

The book had an amusing history of paper airplanes and manned flight, some serious, some tongue in cheek. I still have my copy. There was a section which included designs of note from the contest ...