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title: "Paper Planes"
author:
- Mohit Agarwal
date:
- Last modified July 2021
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# Why does a plane fly?

Discuss

* Why does a plane fly?
* Why does a paper plane fly?
* What makes a good plane?
* What makes a good paper plane?

# The value of a paper plane
A paper plane can model a real plane, with limited resources and with
relative ease. Paper has a similar in-scale to weight to strength
ratio of aluminium which real planes are made of.

During the Great Depression, designers used
paper models to design planes that were later used very effectively by
the Nazis in World War Two.

# Initial designs

Try to fold a paper plane and throw it. See who's can fly well. Think
about why certain designs might fly better.

# The classic design
![Classical Plane
Design](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/Paper_Airplane.png){ width=50% }

# A different design
John Collins designed the current world record plane for distance.

(Optional) See the world record throw: <https://example.com>

Folding the record plain (start at [] and end at [])
<https://example.com>