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An Arizona aircraft museum reckons it has taken the record for the launch of the biggest ever paper plane: a 45ft (13.7m) long monster which glided to Earth last week from a height of 2,703ft (824m). Pima Air & Space Museum's hefty 800lb (363kg) Arturo's Desert Eagle needed a helicopter to haul its 24ft (7.3m) wingspan off the …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    a lively landing

    you can say that again...

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    1. Field Marshal Von Krakenfart
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      Re: a lively landing - Background Music

      Daa-Daa-Dum, Da-Da-Dum Da-Da-Dum Da-Da-Dum Da-Da-Dum Da-Da-Dum (repeat ad-nausum using 3 chords)

      Riding on a big white paperplane

      Getting seasick, sorry once again

      Landing strip is getting nearer

      Hope the fog lifts, make it clearer

      Then I realised my paperplane

      Wasn’t really up there with me.....

      With apologies to Status Quo

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    2. Frederic Bloggs
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      Re: a lively landing

      By all accounts, it came straight down.

      It was in the air for approx 15 seconds from ~2500 or 4000 ft, depending one who's account one reads. This does not, IMHO, constitute "flying". I think the ElReg Special Project Dept. ought to have some strong words. Incompetent plagiarism would be a good starting point...

      One of my folded A4 sheet of paper airplanes would have taken *minutes* to get down from that height.

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      1. Lester Haines (Written by Reg staff) Gold badge
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        Re: Re: a lively landing

        Well, that explains the lacking of a "landing" video, then.

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  2. Miek

    Who'd have thought the Teddy would jump ?

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    1. Graham Marsden
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      I hope the teddy...

      ... had a parachute!

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  3. frank ly
    Stop

    They forgot .....

    ... to stick a Playmobil pilot onto it.

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  4. Tom Kelsall
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    Why...?

    Why no more video? What are they planning to do with it now?

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  5. Wize

    Did they use any tape?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwaS7gkgaKM

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  6. John Smith 19 Gold badge
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    Wow

    That is one big paper plane.

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  7. Michael H.F. Wilkinson Silver badge
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    So how many sheets of A4 (sorry, Letter) size paper would be needed?

    to get the equivalent amount of paper.

    Nice attempt, but could not match PARIS for altitude!

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  8. ravenviz Silver badge
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    They should have put that Microsoft Word Paperclip on the front

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Rl5SOuq6-g

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  9. Anonymous Coward
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    Needs a nose job

    http://greatpaperairplane.org/wp-content/uploads/crash_burn_post.jpg

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  10. Rodrigo Valenzuela

    It looks like and XB-70, just need a canard ...

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    1. Chimp
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      A canard

      Ok, I will try.

      "Your mother was your father. I fart in your general direction."

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  11. cd

    Typical performance

    Sadly the museum was taken over by the kind of folks who would think this was a good idea some years ago, causing a real flight of knowledgeable docents. The flight path of the "paper" airplane parallels that of the institution.

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  12. Anonymous Coward
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    Looks like falling to me...

    Nuff said.

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  13. styven

    Batman car video........

    Glad I clicked on the batman car video at the end of the paper plane clip, can't help feeling a bit of a treat was served up at around 9.00mins in.

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  14. Blubster
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    Buzz......

    "This isn't flying, this is falling with style! "

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  15. Sarev
    Mushroom

    Looked a lot like it was about to go into a nose-diving spiral to me...

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