This Paper Airplane Was Launched Nearly 100,000 Feet Above Earth
Rahul Kalvapalle — September 25, 2014 — Tech
References: foxcap.org & gizmag
A team of US Air Force auxiliary volunteers launched a high-tech paper airplane from a high-altitude balloon at an altitude of 29,432 meters, setting a new world record for paper airplane flight. It definitely beats that airplane you launched across the classroom in Grade 7 math class.
The paper airplane was launched from Kankakee in Illinois and landed over 132 km away just southwest of Rochester, Indiana. The record-breaking flight took around 2 hours and 7 minutes.
The paper airplane has a traditional paper airplane shape and is made out of paper board. 76 cm long and weighing 424 grams, the plane was fitted with GPS tracking technology, temperature sensors, a barometric pressure sensor, a flight computer, batteries, a solar panel and an HD video camera that captured some great pics during flight.
The paper airplane was launched from Kankakee in Illinois and landed over 132 km away just southwest of Rochester, Indiana. The record-breaking flight took around 2 hours and 7 minutes.
The paper airplane has a traditional paper airplane shape and is made out of paper board. 76 cm long and weighing 424 grams, the plane was fitted with GPS tracking technology, temperature sensors, a barometric pressure sensor, a flight computer, batteries, a solar panel and an HD video camera that captured some great pics during flight.
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