Great International Paper Airplane Book

by George Dippel, Jerry Mander, Howard Luck Gossage, et al.

Book Overview

Paper airplanes as serious science? No longer shamefully relegated to the back rows of elementary-school sports stadiums, paper airplanes come into their own with this amusing -- and instructive -- book. The Great International Paper Airplane Book documents the proceedings of the first (and possibly only) International Paper Airplane Competition conducted by Scientific American. In addition to the behind-the-scenes story and official records of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671211293
• ISBN13: 9780671211295
• Release Date: June 1971
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.0" x 11.9"

Customer Reviews

Ho to make plane 8?

I've had this book since the early 1970s and love it. But I could never make Lewis G. Lowe's airplane because the instructions for the nose confound me. Has anyone made it successfully?

Flying wonders from around the world

Scientific American is one of America's most well known popular science journals. Part of its appeal is its periodic contests in different fields of science and technology. One of these is a paper airplane contest held annually. The top entires are summarized in this book, one of the better paper airplane books out there. The models range across different size ranges and have a variety of looks. The difficulty in building these models range from light to very difficult, and hence provide hours of entertainment for those willing to use their hands to build some stuff. Some require "cheating" in the form of scissors and tape, but the results are incredible looking models that do really fly. Overall, I recommend this book.

A childhood door to Wonder

My dad had this book at home and since we were living on the top floor I had endless opportunities to experiment and litter the neighbourhood with planes made from this book's design. An evergreen favourite is Sakoda's Origami Supersonic Jet.The first part of the book consists of a superbly eclectic history of the paper airplane with many ideas that will lead may a child of any age into endless hours of dreamy fun.I found this book again this year in a Seattle bookshop and it brought back many happy memories!

An Inspirational Book

In a world of hi-technology, electronics, computers and robotics, it's amazing such a book is still in print. This book has been a great inspiration for me through the years as it has thought me alot, not only about folding paper airplanes. It teaches us all that though we may have super-computers today, it's the creativity that matters afterall, because the best idea could possibly be the simplest.

The Most Varied and Entertaining Paper Airplane book

This was my firt paper airplane book and I have since bought quite a few. It is my favorite and I still refrence it for new ideas. Its designs are more varied than books with designs by just one author. The written portion is also very clever. It makes me hope for another International Paper Airplane Contest.