Featured Links
You’ve probably realized there's a TON of stuff out there about paper airplanes (and a gazillion sites claiming to have the “best” paper airplane in the world)--all we’re trying to do here is provide some direction to, and sometimes information about, sites and videos we’ve found. So below are links to more information about paper airplanes and flight.
It’s basically a compilation of stuff we’ve come across and thought might be useful to our fans.
Got a site you think we should include? Let us know at info@xplanes4u.com.
Instructions and Designs
ActivityTV Paper Airplanes Follow step-by-step instructions to construct paper creations that glide and loop through the air.
The Aerodrome You will find links to instructions of how to make every plane on this page. All instruction pages will have a category on the top ie glider, dart, special or other.
Alex's Paper Airplanes Clear instructions for 24 paper airplanes to fold and fly from an award-winning paper airplanes site.
Build Paper Airplanes Download full color designs in pdf and then watch each one being folded step by step on video. If you join the Paper Airplane Club, you can also watch video tutorials about what makes planes fly and how to make your paper airplanes fly even better.
Building the Egret A six-step illustrated guide to building the very popular Egret paper airplane.
Cosmo Commander Rocket If you want to see how easy it is to create a unique paper airplane, try one of these "Cosmo Commander" paper airplane models for yourself.
The DC-3 of Paper Airplanes Learn to make this paper airplane in just 33 simple steps.
Exploratorium Magazine: Paper Airplanes The most amazing thing about
a paper airplane is that all you need to make one is a sheet of paper—nothing more. You don't need scissors, glue, tape, or paper clips. A few folds, a couple of adjustments, and you have a superb paper flyer. The properties of paper give the airplane all the attributes it needs.
Fly'N Things Paper models and historical restorations.
Fun Paper Airplanes Each design on this site has a template that you print right from your computer with clear, easy-to-follow directions and flying tips. All you have to do is print, fold, and fly! The planes are grouped by skill level, so there is something for everyone, from beginning flier to expert.
Hewlett-Packard’s Paper Airplanes Page Welcome the new generation of paper airplanes. Choose from these sleek designs to create your own magnificent flying machine.
How to Make Paper Airplanes Lots of good information about more than just folding, along with a variety of models, on this site.
How to Make Paper Helicopters How Stuff Works explains how to make a helicopter!
Innovative Paper Planes The shapes of these paper airplanes are very special. Just cut, fold and fly them.
Instructables Paper Airplanes Whether you make paper airplanes as a form of entertainment or as a hobby, these planes will surely impress family, friends and coworkers.
Joseph Palmer's Paper Airplanes These planes are designed to fly! They are not meant to be models of real planes, and they are not meant to be pretty display models. Unlike the common schoolyard 'dart' designs, these planes are designed to have lift; if you throw at a point on the ground about 10 feet away—they will fly up.
Kyong Lee's "Amazing Paper Airplanes" The paper airplanes presented in this web page include old favorites as well as new designs The site offers offers many well-known airplane types that can be constructed in paper form such as the F-16 Falcon, the F-18 Hornet, F-117A Night Hawk and even the space shuttle. These paper airplanes resemble pretty close to the real ones and they are flyable.
Lowe-Tech - Portfolio Animation by C. Lowe | Paper plane designs by John Collins
McShane's Planes Step-by-step illustrated instructions for making several different paper airplanes, with separate notes on flying, including the Old Faithful, Lecture Dart, Bucket Plane, Japanese Flyer, F15 and the Slow Plane
OmniWing Paper Airplane The OmniWing is high performance paper airplane (glider). It can be made from a single sheet of standard typing paper, and a little transparent tape.
Origami Kids Paper Airplanes and Paper Boats If you like to make paper airplanes or Origami Boats, you'll love Origami-Kids. Here, you will find paper folding instructions, stop motion animations and diagrams, to make several models of paper airplanes, paper aircrafts, and paper boats.
Paper Aeroplane World This site has free instructions for 14 different paper airplanes, all with photographs to show how they're folded.
Paper Airplanes Original Designs Presenting three amazing designs.
Paper Airplanes Designs Free designs with instructions and images. Sorted by difficulty level.
Paper Airplane Ideas Your source about paper airplanes and how to improve them.
Paper Airplane Designs Simple instructions to make a good selection of paper airplanes, and a helicopter too!
Paper Airplane: Sabertooth An illustrated, step-by-step guide to making a paper airplane of the classic Sabertooth design
Paper Planes From Nick Jr. in the UK Learn how to make and fly a paper plane. Template and instructions.
Pat’s Planes There is no reason that the average person should not be able to learn the basic design characteristics of paper airplanes to the point of being able to make new paper air plane designs as well as improving old designs.
Pyros’ Pages Paper Airplanes Instructions for four different paper airplanes.
Roto Copter This simple paper toy spins through the air like a mini-helicopter.
Sabreteeth Paper Airplanes This site is for folding paper airplanes that are similar to the pattern of the Sabretooth paper airplane.
Ten Original Paper Airplane Designs That Fly Well A free site that
illustrates how to make unique folded paper planes that you'll find nowhere else - because these ten paper aircraft models are original, copyrighted designs. Some are easy to build, some are flying origami as well as paper airplanes, but all are fun to fold and fly.
10 Paper Airplanes Learn how to make 10 great paper airplane designs with free, easy to follow animated instructions!
The Ultimate Origami Airplane With a little practice you can learn to fold and fly the Ultimate Origami Airplane. There are eleven different models to choose form, each with its own unique characteristics.
The World-Class Paper Glider Page If you are searching for instructions on paper flying wings then you have come to the right place.
Yes Mag Flyer Almost everyone has folded a paper plane. They're fun and easy. The designs are endless--from war planes to sleek gliders to stunt planes. Here's one paper airplane design. Try it out, and then experiment on your own
For Kids and Schools
"Free Flight" Model Testing We had to make a paper airplane and then use what we learned in our wind tunnel testing to make it fly. Below is everything we found out to make a paper airplane fly. When we finished we designed our own planes and had a paper airplane race.
How Stuff Works – How to Make Paper Airplanes Do you have the right stuff? If you have ever had dreams of being a pilot, the paper airplanes and paper airplane activities for kids in this article are for you and your kids.
Household Science for Kids: Paper Airplanes Build a special paper airplane to demonstrate how and why airplanes and most birds can fly (when they're not flapping their wings).
National Paper Airplane Contest Calling all paper airplane experts! Start a Paper Airplane Contest in your school and prove just how far and how long your airplanes can fly. It's a fun way to learn about aerodynamics!
NASA Paper Airplane Activity In the paper airplane activity, students select and build one of five different paper airplane designs and test them for distance and for time aloft.
Paper Airplane Science Curriculum The purpose of this activity is for students to gather some baseline information, make one variable and test the results, make another variable and test the results, choose a paper plane design that they believe will fly the farthest and test the results, graph the longest and average distances flown for each of paper plane trials
Paper Airplane Web Quest In this web quest you are a member of a design team employed to create the world's greatest paper airplane. Each member of the team will choose a certain roll on the design team. Your mission is to design, construct, and fly a paper airplane.
Paper Airplanes Curriculum Unit A general educational unit that uses paper airplane design and a competition to get kids involved.
Paper Airplanes and Scientific Method Lesson Plan Students learn the scientific method by using it on paper airplanes they fold.
Paperplane Flying Circus Grade Level: 4 - 6 Objective: To investigate the streamlined shape of aircraft.
Spinning Blimps Activity The Spinning Blimp is a great toy to experiment with. Change a little something and see what happens.
Links Sites
Air Transportation Crafts Guide Sherri Osborn shares links to creative air transportation crafts.
Airplane Collectible Net Resource Here are some of the best paper airplane resource sites I have created and found on the Internet. They provide clear animated and illustrated instructions to help you make these paper airplanes easily.
Free Paper Airplane Templates This page from 20-20site.org has links to a variety of paper airplanes, and a short introductory piece about paper planes.
Great Paper Airplane Activities Find out about paper airplanes from the sites linked to this page.
Online Paper Airplane Museum Links to 99 different paper airplane designs and growing!
The Online Teacher Resource: Paper Airplane Projects Links to ten websites that may be of use to teachers using paper airplanes as part of class activities.
Paper Airplanes at pppst.com Presentations in Powerpoint format, stuff for kids and teachers
Wannalearn.com - Making Paper Airplanes Links to a number of different sites with instructions for making paper airplanes, along with books and ebooks for purchase.
Flight Science
Beginner’s Guide to Aerodynamics At this website you can study aerodynamics at your own pace and to your own level of interest.
Leonardo Da Vinci's Flying Machines No invention of Leonardo da Vinci has so much captured our imagination as his flying machines.
Leonardo The original nucleus of this museum was an ample collection of models of his machines, which were reconstructed from his drawings. Ever since the Museum was founded in 1953, it has provided a fundamental starting point for exploring the complex relationship between humanity and machines.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Homepage for NASA, and it's activities related to flight.
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Learn all about this amazing museum and the collection of artifacts and aircrafts it displays.
What is Aeronautics? Aeronautics is the science of flight. Scientists and engineers who study aeronautics learn about how and why airplanes fly. Using what they learn, they can design better, safer, and cheaper-to-build airplanes.
Online Fun
Microsoft Flight Simulator X Grab the paper airplane with your mouse and fling it as far as you can. Play on your own or create a league.
Xbox 360 Paper Airplane Flight Simulator How far can you throw?
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