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The New World Champion Paper Airplane Book: Featuring the World Record-Breaking Design, with Tear-Out Planes to Fold and Fly

Age 8-12
Grade 3-7

John M. Collins

The New World Champion Paper Airplane Book: Featuring the World Record-Breaking Design, with Tear-Out Planes to Fold and Fly

Paperback (Ten Speed Press March 26, 2013) , Csm edition
A current world record holder. John Collins has appeared on Conan, Discovery, ESPN, Nat Geo, Science Channel, and the cover of the Wall Street Journal. In addition to the world record plane, this book features the coolest looking paper airplane from the movie, "Paper Planes". The Star Fighter, in the lower right corner of the cover, plays a starring role in the movie. It's the wind tunnel tested, super plane that wins contest after contest for the villain. It's easily the most dangerous looking plane in the movie. A collection of easy-to-fold paper airplane designs and innovative theories of flight, including the author's Guinness World Record-breaking airplane. Features 16 tear-out model planes.This is the book you saw on Conan. Will YOU be the next to break the WORLD RECORD? The first person to officially break the world record with John's plane will get $1,000. Anything is possible with The New World Champion Paper Airplane Book, the newest collection of designs and theories of flight from John M. Collins, the man behind the Guinness World Record-breaking distance plane. Featuring twenty-two unique airplane designs with step-by-step instructional photos, plus tear-out models printed on regulation-weight paper stock, this entertaining and informative guide promises hours of flying fun. Take your paper airplane-making to the next level with features such as: · Instructions for folding "Suzanne," the plane that shattered the previous world record by flying an unprecedented 226 feet, 10 inches, and garnered more than three million views on YouTube· Four "Follow Foil" aircraft that can stay aloft for minutes at a time · A pioneering cambered-wing plane· A primer on flight theory, and how it applies to paper airplanes· Tips for improving the accuracy and distance of your throws· The adjusting technique that helped break the record· And more!
ISBN
9781607743 / 9781607743880
Pages
160
Weight
15.5 oz.
Dimensions
8.5 x 0.4 in.

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