Editing Paper plane (section)

===World records===
There are multiple goals for a flight:
* Distance (javelin throwing).
* Time (javelin throwing straight up with subsequent metamorphosis into a [[Glider (sailplane)|sailplane]]).
* Aerobatic (looping).
* Stable [[flight]] to understand flight mechanics of a good plane.

For every goal there is a typical plane and sometimes a world record.<ref>{{cite web|author=Ken Blackburn |url=http://www.paperplane.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011126212533/http://paperplane.org/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=November 26, 2001 |title=Paper Airplanes |publisher=Paperplane.org |date=2005-03-19 |access-date=2009-06-22}}</ref>

[[Image:International contest paper glider.svg|A contest-winning paper glider.|right|thumb]]
There have been many attempts over the years to break the barriers of throwing a paper plane for the longest time aloft. [[Ken Blackburn (aeronautical engineer)|Ken Blackburn]] held this [[Guinness World Record]] for 13 years (1983–1996) and had regained the record in October 1998 by keeping his paper plane aloft for 27.6 seconds (indoors). This was confirmed by Guinness officials and a CNN report.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/US/9810/08/fringe/paper.airplanes |title=Engineer's record-breaking hopes sail on paper wings – October 8, 1998 |publisher=CNN |date=1998-10-08 |access-date=2009-06-22}}</ref> The paper plane that Blackburn used in this record breaking attempt was a "[[Glider (sailplane)|glider]]". {{As of|March 2023}}, Takuo Toda (Japan) holds the world record for the longest time in air (29.2 seconds) in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima, Japan, on 19 December 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Longest flying paper aircraft- duration |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/longest-time-flying-a-paper-aircraft/ |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=Guinness World Records |language=en-gb}}</ref> The current distance record, as of February 2023, is 88.318 m (289&nbsp;ft 9 in) achieved by Dillon Ruble (USA), with the support of Nathaniel Erickson and Garrett Jensen (both USA) in Crown Point, Indiana, USA, on 2 December 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Farthest flight by a paper aircraft |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/farthest-flight-by-a-paper-aircraft |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=Guinness World Records |language=en-gb}}</ref>