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Expert Paper Airplane

Follow the folding steps at your own pace.

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You’ll need One rectangular sheet of paper.

Dashed lines show creases. Arrows show which way to move the paper.

  1. Crease a rectangular sheet down the long centerline and reopen it.

  2. Fold the top corners to the center, then bring the long slanted edges to the center again.

  3. Fold the pointed nose down by about two finger widths to blunt it.

  4. Fold the jet in half with the nose flap on the outside.

  5. Fold two narrow, even wings down, leaving a finger-width body to hold.

  6. Crease a small strip up at each outside wing edge to make fins. Open the wings and test a level launch.