365 Tiny Paper Airplanes Calendar (Page a Day Colour Calendar) [Illustrated] [Calendar]

Ken Blackburn (Author), Jeff Lammers (Author)

Book Description

Series: Page a Day Colour Calendar | Publication Date: August 15, 2005

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s . . . a phenomenon! From paper airplane world record holder Ken Blackburn and engineer Jeff Lammers—authors of the 2.2-million-copy bestselling World Record Paper Airplane series—365 Tiny Paper Airplanes features a year of the coolest, cutest foldable flying machines ever. Each day’s palm-size flyer is based on one of six designs— the Mini World Record, Twister, Eagle, Skyhawk, Mirage, or Lightning—and boasts explosive, full-color original graphics. Full of zip, the planes are perfect for stirring up a little mischief at the office—all in good fun, of course. Folding instructions are included. Whoosh!

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Ken Blackburn is an aerospace engineer and the Guinness World Record holder for paper airplane time aloft (27.60 seconds). He works for Jacobs Engineering (Sverdrup division) at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, performing research on small, unmanned air vehicles.

Jeff Lammers is an engineer and entrepreneur based in Florida. He flies small planes in his spare time.

Product Details

• Calendar: 320 pages
• Publisher: Workman Publishing Company; Pag edition (August 15, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761136932
• ISBN-13: 978-0761136934
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 6.2 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,097,474 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

45 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing lack of variety, September 22, 2005

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Anthony Martin "tirith" (Sterling, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 365 Tiny Paper Airplanes Calendar (Page a Day Colour Calendar) (Calendar)

Being a paper airplane nut since my Dad showed me how to fold my first one, I was ecstatic when I first saw this calendar. I grabbed it and purchased it, ignoring even my normal cursory product research (i.e., I didn't read the label). Turns out that, while there are 365 pages to this calendar, there are only 6 different airplane designs.

So more accurately, you get 6 airplane designs, repeated 60 times each throughout the year. All of the 60 repeats have a different paint job, but it's still the same aircraft design, same folds. Instead of lasting me a year, it will only last me about a month until I'm tired of those particular airplanes. Sigh. I will read more carefully next time, depite overwhelming enthusiasm.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great fun!, December 19, 2005

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HaloJonesFan (San Jose, CA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 365 Tiny Paper Airplanes Calendar (Page a Day Colour Calendar) (Calendar)

First things first: No, this is not 365 entirely different paper airplane designs. It is 365 graphic designs, and each day of the week folds into a different airplane. (All Monday airplanes are the same design, all Tuesday are the same design--but a different design from Monday, and so on.) I am not sure why this is such a sticking point, but apparently people are very upset. Whatever.

These airplanes are particularly fun at the end of the year, in a cubicle-style office, as you and your co-workers send out bombing raids with a Post-It sized air force. They also do sterling service as cat toys; my cats love to hunt and "kill" these strange little birds.

5.0 out of 5 stars 365 Tiny Paper Airplanes Calendar, March 3, 2006

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Roger L. Theodore "M&M Nut" (Screaming Eagle Country, TN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 365 Tiny Paper Airplanes Calendar (Page a Day Colour Calendar) (Calendar)

I was always making planes out of typing paper for my kids to fly. When I saw your product, I just had to have it. The kids love to make airplanes from your calendar and couldn't be happier. A great product for kids.