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The Paper Planes of New York
- byron_fast 11y agoSome clearly well-built planes there, and some that definitely would only fly once. For some reason, I thought of Foghorn Leghorn. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDjDv-RGC1Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDjDv-RGC1Q
- coin 11y agoMany of these appear to be from "The great international paper airplane book", which lists the top contestants from the first International Paper Airplane contest (1967?). It's a great book and I highly recommend it.
- hudibras 11y agoI was obsessed with this book in 1st through 3rd grade and must have checked it out from the school library 50 times. Just picked up a used copy from Amazon 30 seconds ago; thanks for reminding me.
- byron_fast 11y agoWow that's the book I was thinking of when I mentioned Foghorn Leghorn. The little genius kid makes a plane from that book.
- dynomight 11y agoI bought this book at a garage sale when I was in 3rd grade and I became obsessed with building and flying them. My neighbor made a paper plane years before and out of curiosity I unfolded it and couldn't put it back. I was devastated but was too shy to ask him to show me how or make another. It was in this book that I found the plane he made me and I learned how to fold it and happiness ensued for years.