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Collinss revolutionary approach to a collection of easytofold paper airplane designs and innovative theories of flight, including the authors guinness world record breaking airplane. Ken blackburn is an aerospace engineer and fourtime guinness world record holder for paper airplane time aloft last record 27. Learn how to fold a world record setting paper airplane. Longest flying paper aircraft duration guinness world records. Ken blackburn paper airplanes including the guinness record for paper airplane time aloft. The plane was constructed from a single sheet of uncut a4 paper. Oct 01, 2009 he nailed it in 1994, shortly after publishing the world record paper airplane book, with a flight time of 18. Earning a world record allows paper plane designers to own football teams and yacht off the croatian coast. After a dethroning, blackburn went back to work, designing hundreds of. In february 2012, joe managed to throw a paper aeroplane 69. Access free the world record paper airplane book the world record paper airplane book how this guy folds and flies world record paper airplanes wired john collins, better known as the paper airplane guy, has devoted himself to designing, folding, and flying the world s finest.
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If you want to fold the worlds best paper airplane, how do you know its the best. Collins both usa, at mcclellan air force base, in north highlands, california, usa on 26 february 2012. Distilling the innovation, science, and enthusiasm of their first bookthe world record paper airplane bookworld record holder ken blackburn and mechanical engineer jeff lammers present the kids paper airplane book. Oct 30, 2015 the world record paper airplane book by jeff lammers in doc, epub, fb3 download e book. Collins, the man behind the guinness world record breaking distance plane.
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