National Paper Airplane Day is an unofficial observance, celebrated on May 26 each year in the
United States
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to commemorate the simple aeronautical
toy
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Paper airplane day celebrations typically include social gatherings at which participants create and fly
paper airplane
A paper plane (also known as a paper airplane in American English or paper aeroplane in British English) is a toy aircraft, usually a glider made out of single folded sheet of paper or paperboard. A simple nose-heavy paper plane, thrown like ...
s. These events often feature contests in two basic flight categories: "distance" and "time in air". , Takuo Toda holds the world record for the longest time in air (27.9 seconds).
The distance record (226 feet, 10 inches or 69.14 meters) was set by
Joe Ayoob, with a plane constructed by John Collins, in February 2012.
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on National Paper Airplane DayNational Paper Airplane Day Facebook page
Unofficial observances
Paper planes
May observances
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