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Last updated 30/5/2025

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This is the advert that launched The 1st International Paper Airplane Competition. It features three paper planes:

The Paper Dart (here called 'the classic paper plane)

A version of the Paper Dart with the keel inverted to form a tail, which is said to have been 'First developed among paper airplane designers in the 1930's' (sic). The text says 'Note hooked nose' but the design does not possess this feature.

A third plane with a blunt nose and upturned side stabilisers.

The advert refers to Leonardo da Vinci as 'the Patron Saint of paper airplanes'.

The winners of each of four categories: duration aloft: distance flown: acrobatics: Origami will receive a 'Leonardo' trophy, silver for amateurs and titanium for air travel professionals.

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