Charles' Paper Airplane Collection

I like paper airplanes. I first became interested in them in high school for, um, communications purposes. In researching it with this in mind, I discovered that paper airplaning, or "papyroaeronautic design," can be an art form -- practical art can be harder than the other type.

Here are some to get you started:

The star airplane John Bringhurst's asymetric plane John M. Collins' glart Bringhurst's wing-flapper
This one I invented. It was inspired, very subtly, by one of the odder models in John Bringhurst's book. This and the fourth come from John Bringhurst's 1994 Oddballs, Wing-Flappers, & Spinners: Great Paper Airplanes, published by TAB Books. This one comes from John M. Collins' 1989 The Guiding Flight, published by Ten Speed Press. This is a wonderful book to start with, if you can find it: it includes a (brief) explaination of the mechanics of paper airplanes. Another design that came from the fertile mind of John Bringhurst.

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The star airplane	John Bringhurst's asymetric plane	John M. Collins' glart	Bringhurst's wing-flapper
This one I invented. It was inspired, very subtly, by one of the odder models in John Bringhurst's book.	This and the fourth come from John Bringhurst's 1994 Oddballs, Wing-Flappers, & Spinners: Great Paper Airplanes, published by TAB Books.	This one comes from John M. Collins' 1989 The Guiding Flight, published by Ten Speed Press. This is a wonderful book to start with, if you can find it: it includes a (brief) explaination of the mechanics of paper airplanes.	Another design that came from the fertile mind of John Bringhurst.