The Best Advanced Paper Aircraft Book 1: Long Distance Gliders, Performance Paper Airplanes, and Gliders with Landing Gear - Softcover

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NEW EDITION

Impressive fold-only models... Long Distance Glider was a top performer.- WIRED Magazine

This appealing book contains airplanes, darts and wings. Only three models are cut.- Stephen Weiss (origami author)

...(one of the) best folding-only (with the odd exception) books currently in print.- Nick Robinson (origami author)

This book has sold over 200,000 copies worldwide; many have tried to copy the models over the years but these are the original and the best as reviewed by many aircraft enthusiasts and critics.

First published by Harper Collins (Sydney, London) as Advanced Paper Aircraft and by Putnam (New York) as The Best Paper Aircraft, this new print edition has all these famous models:

• Long Distance Glider 1
• Super Wing
• Long Distance Glider 2
• Megadart
• Super Looper
• WWI Fokker Eindecker
• Glider with Landing Gear
• Dive Bomber/Sea Plane
• Shuttle Copter
• Spinner
• Super Stunt Plane
• Vertical Take-off (Jump) Jet
• Concorde

Essential paper plane base folds are included for every model that uses them, so you do not need to refer to an earlier section.

Most of the paper planes are fold-only. Instructional text and diagrams are well-placed as your folding progresses.

This book has been referenced in the bibliography of many other paper airplane books. Models in this book have also appeared in several airline in-flight magazines (including the Concorde), and demonstrated on The Late Show and the BBC.

This book complements the new Paper Aircraft Advanced Android and iOS app, with additional models.

Aimed at recalcitrant students, flight engineers, office workers, or anyone in need of stress relief and fun, there is a paper airplane to suit every purpose.

So get folding and start flying!

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As featured in Wired Magazine (UK) January 2014... Back by popular demand, this book has sold over 200,000 copies worldwide and continues to sell to this day. Many have tried to copy the models over the years but these are the original and the best as reviewed by many aircraft enthusiasts and critics over the years. First published by Harper Collins (Sydney, London) as 'Advanced Paper Aircraft' and by Putnam (New York) as 'The Best Paper Aircraft', this handy print edition has all these famous models: - Long Distance Glider - Super Wing - Long Distance Glider MKII - Super Dart - Super Looper - WWI Fokker Eindecker - Glider with Landing Gear - Sea Plane - Shuttle Copter - Spinner - Super Stunt Plane - Jump Jet - Concord - Simple Stunt Plane Essential paper plane base folds are included, so you can design your own if you wish! Stephen Weiss, author of 'Wings & Things' states in his bibliography, "This appealing book contains fourteen origami models of airplanes, darts and wings. Only three models are cut." Models in this book have also appeared in several airline in-flight magazines. Instructional text and diagrams are well-placed as your folding progresses. Aimed at recalcitrant students, flight engineers, office workers or anyone in need of stress relief and fun, there is a paper aircraft to suit every purpose! So get folding and start flying!