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Design of the World’s Largest Paper Airplane

This ICAeronautics student project was initiated by an 8th grader, is sponsored by Boeing, and has been a year+ in development. The aircraft, which is currently, to the best of our knowledge, the largest paper airplane (by weight, though student-built paper airplanes in the past have had much larger wingspans) weighs 45 pounds, all up—the photos tell the story of the build. As we post this update, the team is waiting for good weather and...

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