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This design is a single-sheet version of the Swallow but many versions are heavily cut in a way reminiscent of the Fold and Cut Paper Aeroplane. An uncut version does not appear until 1961.

There is a separate page for the design I call the Japanese Dove, whose structure is fundamentally similar to that of the Dove, but in which the nose is blunt rather than pointed.

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c1929

As far as I know a cut version of this design first appears as 'El Aeroplano' in Booklet 5 of 'Trabajos Manuales Salvatella - Plegado de figuras de papel', which was published by Editorial Miguel A Salvatera in Barcelona in or around 1929.

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1939

A similar design appears in 'El Mundo de Papel' by Dr Nemesio Montero, which was published by G Miranda in Edicions Infancia in Valladolid in 1939 contains 'El aeroplano', a hybrid design putting together the nose and wings of the Swallow and the fuselage and tail of the Cut and Fold Model Aeroplane.

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1951

A similar design, but without the propellor, appears as 'El Avion' in 'Papiroflexia' by Elias Gutierrez Gil, which was self-published in 1951.

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1952

The design also appears as 'Aeroplano' in 'Una Hoja de Papel' by Lorenzo Herrero, which was published by Miguel A Salvatella in Barcelona in 1952.

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1957

As far as I know diagrams for this design first appear as 'Rupert's Paper Glider' in the 1957 Rupert Annual.

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1961

A one-piece version of the Swallow appears as 'Taube' (dove) in 'Wir Falten' by Joachim Schönherr and Gerta Schumann, which was published by Rudolf Arnold Verlag in Leipzig in 1961.

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1962

The 1962 Rupert Annual contains instructions for folding 'Rupert's Paper Glider', which is a heavily cut version of the Dove design.

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