Smithsonian Magazine

Beat the Winter Blues by Learning How to Fly Smithsonian Paper Airplanes With Your Kids

When an airplane flies, the wings are designed to provide enough lift to overcome the airplane’s weight, so the plane doesn’t ...
Yahoo

How to Make the Best Paper Airplane Designs That Will Go the Distance

At some point in everyone’s life—usually during a particularly dull moment in third grade—a plain white piece of paper inspires a certain degree of aerial imagination. Transforming this thin white ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Now You Can Fold Planes From the National Air and Space Museum and Watch Them Fly

Check out a new book of paper airplanes inspired by the Smithsonian’s collections Michael D. Hulslander A paper airplane and its inspiration, the Mitchell U-2 Superwing. Plane image - Gift of Frank X.
CNN

Paper airplane designed by Boeing engineers breaks world distance record

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The world record ...