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How to Fold Long Gliding Paper Airplanes

Paper airplanes come in many designs and sizes. According to the "Guinness Book of World Records," the largest paper airplane was 45 feet long and had a pilot. While you may not replicate this size of a plane, you can increase the size of your plane by simply taping together pieces of paper until you achieve your desired length.

Things You'll Need

Copier paper
Tape

Instructions

- 1
  Align the bottom of one 8-by-11-inch piece of copier paper with the top of another and tape the edges together to create one long piece of paper.
- 2
  Fold the paper in half, lengthwise and re-open it.
- 3
  Grasp the top right corner and fold it down to meet the center line of the paper. Repeat this process with the left top corner.
- 4
  Fold the entire tip down to create a paper rectangle. The paper should resemble the back of a postage envelope.
- 5
  Fold approximately one inch of the tip up and unfold it.
- 6
  Grasp the top right corner of the paper and fold it down to the center fold line just above the fold made from the tip in the previous step. Repeat this process with the left top corner. The tips of the right and left corners should now be touching in the center of the paper.
- 7
  Fold the tip back up over the corners that are touching in the center of the paper. This fold is called the Nakamuara lock after the Origami artist who created it.
- 8
  Fold the plane in half with the tip on the outside.
- 9
  Fold the wings down equally on each side to create the front of the airplane.
- 10
  Trim any excess paper edges, if necessary, and fly your plane.

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