Reddit reviews The World Record Paper Airplane Book (Paper Airplanes)
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Book for building 112 amazing paper airplanesEncourages fine motor skills, following instructions, scientific learningKids get excited to learn all about aerodynamicsBuilds 20 airworthy designsAll planes feature vibrant graphics - Ready to tear out, fold, and fly
If you want a simple design that doesn't require cutting, the "hornet" is pretty well known and generally a great flyer.
You need The World Record Paper Airplane Book. That thing was yeaaaars of entertainment when I was about 8 years old. I believe I got it from a book fair at school, but I don't remember.
The Hornet will forever be my favorite. I built one of those out of some thicker construction paper with a few friends in middle school, and it flew for tens of miles. I launched it straight upward as hard as I could right near a blacktop on a windy day. We always flew over the blacktop because it offers great thermals (which we learned about from the book) and you could see some crazy stuff happen. On this particular day, it was enough to get the plane up somewhere around 100ft in the air. We stood there in disbelief as the plane climbed and climbed until it was eventually caught by the wind. It flew, perfectly stable, over the trees and out of our apartment complex. We all hopped on our bikes (as an '80s kid, we had bikes), and followed it as far as we could, but eventually had to stop as it flew over a large river.
I like to think it's still flying around Boston somewhere.
Pretty sure I had a book about paper planes written by that guy a long time ago.
Edit: Found it
https://www.amazon.com/World-Record-Paper-Airplane-Book/dp/0761143831
May it bring you victory! ;-)
Don't forget the plans!
https://www.amazon.com/World-Record-Paper-Airplane-Book/dp/0761143831