paper planes

Classroom aerial missiles

Paper planes are toys made by folding paper into aerodynamic shapes that can glide through the air when thrown.

Children and bored office workers are the primary manufacturers.

The activity of making and flying them is often called making paper airplanes: We spent the afternoon folding paper planes and launching them off the balcony.

Related
  • creasesLines made by folding
  • origamiSculptural paper-creasing art
  • gliderUnpowered flying craft
  • kiteWind-flown tethered toy
  • foldingBending something over itself

childhood · rainy day · nostalgia · zoom · flight · flight path · span · M.I.A. · aerodynamics · templates · classroom · school days · craft · creativity · lift · trajectory · symmetry · bird

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Opposites
material and construction

paper planesheavy machinery

Large powered industrial apparatus

concrete structures

functionality and capability

paper planescommercial jets

Aircraft for fare-paying travelers

military jets · fighter planes · passenger aircraft · Boeing 747 · jumbo jets

purpose and context

paper planesmilitary aircraft

Armed forces' aerial vehicles

warplanes · Air Force One

Family

paper, plane, papers, papered, papering, papery, planes, planed, planing

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G