The Horizon

A great gliding paper airplane that can soar for many meters.

The Horizon

A great gliding paper airplane that can soar for many meters.

This reliable design likes to stay up in the air and fly for a long long ways.

Expert difficulty 11 folds distance 31.2 ft / 9.5 m

Average Distance
Thrown by a 10yr old

3.6 sec

Average Time Aloft
Thrown by a 10yr old

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Paper Airplane Folding Instructions

1. Fold the paper in half vertically. Unfold and then fold the top two corners to the center.

2. Fold the top point down to the bottom edge.

3. Fold the point back up, even with the bottom of the triangle flaps, about 3cm of overlap.

4. Fold the top part of right side to the center and then take the bottom part of the right side and stretch it to the side and flatten it out. Repeat with the left side.

5. Reach inside and pull out the center flaps. Then refold them in the opposite direction and fold the sides in.

6. Take the bottom edge of each center flap and fold it backwards at a slight angle and then tuck under and press flat.

7. Fold the outer points of the top triangle shape to the center.

8. Fold the airplane in half towards you.

9. Fold out both wings as shown. The body should taper back from a point to about 4cm at the tail.

10. Fold out one of the inner flaps at the front (where the cockpit is) and then fold it over the second flap to lock it in place.

11. Finally, fold up the outer edges of the wings.

Final Paper Airplane Design

Put a staple in the body of the airplane near the center of mass to keep the fuselage tightly together. Throw as hard as you want at a slight upward angle and this paper airplane design will fly to the horizon.

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Printable Folding Instructions

These beautiful, easy to follow, paper airplane folding instructions can be downloaded and printed as many times as you want. Simply follow the printed instructions and fold along the indicated lines to make a perfect paper airplane, every time.