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Renegade:
The 800 lb gorilla of paper airplanes is... 800 lbs. :D

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/03/26/desert_eagle/

An Arizona aircraft museum reckons it has taken the record for the launch of the biggest ever paper plane: a 45ft (13.7m) long monster which glided to Earth last week from a height of 2,703ft (824m).

Pima Air & Space Museum's hefty 800lb (363kg) Arturo's Desert Eagle needed a helicopter to haul its 24ft (7.3m) wingspan off the ground, but video of the release indicates it really did fly at up to 98mph (158km/h), even if footage of what we imagine was a lively landing isn't yet available.

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http://greatpaperairplane.org/

It’s not every day that a giant paper airplane is released high over the Arizona desert. In fact, it’s never been done. But that’s exactly what the Pima Air & Space Museum did on March 21, 2012. The video to the right is our first glimpse into the dramatic, historic flight. More videos to come as we gather footage.

A couple months ago, hundreds of kids came to the museum to show us what paper airplane flying was all about. And now, inspired by their enthusiasm, we built a 45-foot paper airplane (quite possibly the largest ever constructed) and flew it.

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Boys and their toys! ;D

nudone:
hmm, so they took it straight up - released it; then it plummented straight down to the ground by the looks of it. Not what I'd call "flying".

Or is there another reason why they haven't videod the "flight".

cranioscopical:
Or is there another reason why they haven't videod the "flight".
-nudone (March 27, 2012, 02:47 AM)
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It's not easy, tracing paper.

Target:
It's not easy, tracing paper.-cranioscopical (March 27, 2012, 01:50 PM)
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it might have been easier if they'd used graph paper

Shades:
Are you sure that the plane was Legal?

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