The World's Greatest Paper Airplane and Toy Book [Paperback]

Keith Laux (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 1987

This amazing book has every possible airplane design from stunt plane to glider, from the normal dart, to the X-Wing. You don't need fancy paper to execute and you can also learn to make ninja stars and frogs, helicopters, and a pac-man head. If you love paper planes, get this book!

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From the Back Cover

TRANSFORM A SIMPLE SHEET OF PAPER INTO A CREATION CAPABLE OF FLIGHT!

* A complete manual on the art of paper airplane folding.
* 40 different aircraft designs: Hognose Plane...Shibumi...Dragonbird...Lock Back Jackknife...Ram Jet...Bee Bomber...Spin King...Gremlin...Saber-Toothed Bat...Looper...Helicopter...Origami-Nose Box Plane...and more!
* All can be made by hand from paper: No glue, scissors, or staples required
* Tips for making hundreds of variations by modifying wings and adding tail sections
* Includes models that can perform smooth and level flight, rolls, and loops!
* To-scale drawings for every folding step of construction!
* Instructions for making 10 paper toys also included!

The art of paper folding is fascinating for all age groups. With this guide anyone--child or adult--can successfully create paper airplanes and toys for contest competition, individual sport, or family fun!

About the Author

KEITH R. LAUX holds a B.S. in physics and has been experimenting with folded paper designs for nearly 20 years. His paper airplanes have won many contents and he is currently patenting a circular boomerang.

Product Details

• Paperback: 104 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 1 edition (November 1, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0830628460
• ISBN-13: 978-0830628469
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #262,991 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #38 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Science > History & Philosophy > General
  • #52 in Books > Children's Books > Transportation > Aviation

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34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun book, be a kid and have some fun, December 15, 2001

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Harold McFarland (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The World's Greatest Paper Airplane and Toy Book (Paperback)

This is a great book on paper airplanes and some origami paper toys. It is mostly about airplanes and there is airplane after airplane on page after page. No matter what you want your airplane to do, glide for long distance, do tricks or just plain look cool, it is in this book. Unlike some other books on this subject it does not have any premarked papers secured to the inside of the book that you can rip out and fold. On the other hand, these planes use ordinary paper and have such good illustrations that you can make them without any premarked patterns on the paper. I love the book. I've folded most of the planes and flew them. It makes me a popular person at children get togethers and allows me to be a child again once in a while myself.
The only thing that I don't like is that it has no theory of paper airplanes. If you fold one and it does not seem to be acting right then there is nothing in here that might teach you how to correct the problem. If you want to learn the aerodynamics involved in making a paper airplane act the way it does, how lift and drag affect the flight, etc, then this book is useless to you. But if you just want to follow the diagrams and make some great airplanes that are consistently fun, then this is your book.
Just "plane" fun.

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Book!, January 22, 2000

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This review is from: The World's Greatest Paper Airplane and Toy Book (Paperback)

This book is one of the best paper airplane books I have seen that just gives instructions on how to make them out of NORMAL PAPER. No annoying colorful designs you can ONLY make 2 of, this has it all, from the normal dart, to the X-Wing. The first one in the book is called The Master. It's GREAT! My favorite at least. You can also learn to make ninja stars and frogs, helicopters, and a pac-man head. If you love paper planes, get this book!

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lots of Fun, February 13, 2003

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Andrew Senske (Spokane, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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I never knew paper airplanes could fly so well. Right from the start you'll be able to build simple planes that fly straight and far. The short paragraphs about each plane, in which the author sometimes explains how he discovered the design of the plane, are fun to read. The flying tips included with some designs are helpful. The only problem with the book, and the reason I didn't give it five stars, is that the diagrams and instructions for some designs are confusing. For example, I can't build the last plane even after spending about an hour and several sheets of paper on it. It would be really helpful to have actual photographs of some of the more complicated planes at certain steps in the building process. Regardless, for me the book was worth it after I built plane number one.