World record
May 19 2009, Piyush

Takuo Toda, a Japanese engineer and chairman of the Japan Origami Airplane Association has set a record for the longest flight for a paper airplane. Confirmed by Guinness World Records, his single sheet paper plane, measuring 10 cm from tip to tail...

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