Longest flight by a paper-only plane-Takuo
Toda sets world record
TOKYO, Japan--Using a specially designed 10cm long paper
plane, Japanese origami plane virtuoso Takuo Toda's
origami flight in a Japan Airlines hangar near Tokyo's Haneda
Airport lasted 26.1s - setting the world record for the Longest
flight by a paper-only plane.
This one was made strictly in keeping with
traditional rules of the ancient Japanese art; only one sheet
of paper was folded by hand, with no scissors or glue.
"I felt a lot of pressure," Toda told the Associated
Press after the Longest
flight by a paper-only plane. "Everything is a factor
- the moisture in the air, the temperature, the crowd."
He said the secret was to get the 3.9 inch
plane as high in the air as possible to give it time to circle
slowly downwards. "It's really a sport," he said. "The throwing
technique is very delicate." Toda - head of the Japan Origami Airplane
Association - said he was pleased with the new world record
for the Longest
flight by a paper-only plane but hopes to achieve
a 30 second flight soon.
In the world of competitive paper airplane
throwing, Toda is the only man who has ever come close to
the 30 second barrier. He says it's just a matter of time.
Dubbed the 'origami virtuoso' Toda says the secret
to secret to a perfect paper aeroplane flight is to aim upward
so that it can slowly circle back to the ground.
