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A paper plane is a toy airplane made from paper. The paper is folded in a certain way so that the folded paper actually glides. This is a form of origami; the Japanese art of paper folding. Paper planes were used originally for testing real airplanes. Today the making of paper planes is a hobby and a craft.

Takuo Toda holds the world record for the longest time in air (27.9 seconds).Daily Telegraph. Japanese man sets record for paper plane flight.   The distance record () was set by Joe Ayoob, with a plane constructed by John Collins, in February 2012. It was broken on the 14th of April 2022 by 3 South Korean men with a distance of 77 metres.

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