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Its time to toss those boring white paper airplanes and buy The World Record Paper Airplane BookHemispheres magazine (Hemispheres )
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Its the classic, worlds bestselling paper airplane book, grounded in the aerodynamics of paper and abounding with fun. The World Record Paper Airplane Book raises paper airplane making to a unique, unexpected art. This new edition boasts four brand-new models: Stiletto, Spitfire, Galactica, and Sting Ray. Added to its hangar of proven fliersincluding Valkyrie, Hammerhead, Vortex, Condor, Pterodactyl, and, of course, the famous World Record Paper Airplanethat makes twenty airworthy designs. Each is swathed in all-new, attention-grabbing graphics and is ready to tear out, fold, and fly. There are at least five models for each design and all-important instructions for how to adjust and throw each plane for best flight. But the planes are just the beginning. The book features tons of cool information on aerodynamics, competitions, and designing your own high-performing models. Readers will learn why paper airplanes fly (and why they crash), the history of Ken Blackburns world record, and how to organize and win contests. Also included is a flight log and pull-out runway for practicing accuracy.
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Despite my degree in aerospace engineering and many years work in the field, explaining why a paper airplane stays in the air is not easy. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover
Despite my degree in aerospace engineering and many years work in the field, explaining why a paper airplane stays in the air is not easy. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful Book!,
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This review is from: The World Record Paper Airplane Book (Paperback)
A terrific book - excellent for kids and adults. The explanations are clear and the planes are beautiful. It's everything you need to build and fly great planes.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great for children,
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This review is from: The World Record Paper Airplane Book (Paperback)
This is an excellent book for children. My daughter and I have enjoyed making several of these paper airplanes together, starting from when she was six. Having multiple copies of the brightly coloured tear out pages for each model means that she and I can both make the same plane - important when guiding small children through the more complicated parts of some of the models. Now my daughter is nine she can build the models herself with only a little assistance.Each of the models we have built has been easy enough to build, looked attractive, flown well and the heavy paper model has lasted for some time. These elements mean that the book covers all the bases as far as I'm concerned. The models are simple, but this is at least part of the attraction of both paper airplanes and this book. Quick to build and fun to fly. I've tried more complicated paper building projects and if it takes more than a few minutes and too much assembly of pieces most small children are not interested. My daughter and I seem to go through a fad each summer of spending a day or two building and flying planes - with a hundred to make we will be at it for a while yet and will be continuing to enjoy this book.
2.0 out of 5 stars
A colorful but simple book,,
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This review is from: The World Record Paper Airplane Book (Paperback)
This book has everything that makes a great airplane book except the airplanes. The designs are simple, most of these planes can be learned in any school room. At least one, one of the more clever designs, was previously published in the International Papar Airplane Book, which I feel is a much superior book. This book is more fitting for very young paper pilots with its simple designs and colorful tearouts. The explanation of flight on the author's web page is the best thing about the book and its not even in the book! The only thing this book has going for it is the World Record plane and the story about breaking the record. I felt the folding intructions for this plane were incomplete.
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