paper plane

Also known as paper airplane, paper aeroplane

toy aircraft made of folded paper

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Material used: paper
Image: Glybbs Paper Plane.jpg

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Commons category: Paper aircraft
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Encyclopedic overview

A simple folded paper plane A paper plane (also known as a paper airplane or paper dart in American English, or paper aeroplane in British English) is a toy aircraft, usually a glider, made out of a single folded sheet of paper or paperboard. It typically takes the form of a simple nose-heavy triangle thrown like a dart.

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