How to Launch an 800-Pound Paper Airplane

Building an 800-pound paper airplane is tough?but getting it airborne is even tougher, as a team led by the Pima Air & Space Museum in Arizona found out. After several false starts, including the plane buckling under its own weight, a helicopter managed to hoist the plane by its nose and then release it. The result: a glorious flight with a very, very hard desert landing. The remains of the plane?small fragments of the nose and one of the winglets?are now on display at the museum.

STATS

Length: 45 feet
Wingspan: 24 feet
Altitude: 2703 feet
Top speed: 98 mph
Free flight: 0.93 miles
Landing: Hard

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