Saturday, March 24, 2012


This last Wednesday, the Pima Air & Space Museum set a new record for the largest paper airplane. It was 45 feet long, had a wingspan of 24 feet and weighed 800 pounds. It was made of paper called falcon board, which is described as "similar to a pizza box." 12-year-old Arturo Valdenegro of Tucson won a contest by folding the original from a sheet of regular paper. The Museum people used that design to make the giant version.