THERE is a deep satisfaction to be had from making and throwing a paper plane. From the number ... most children over the age of 11 know how to make one, albeit of varying quality.

You might think paper airplanes are fun, quick-to-make toys for kids, but there is a world of paper plane–makers who are dead serious about the creation of record-setting planes. John ...

Twelve kids total participated ... and a book on how to make paper airplanes. The winner in the older group received a ribbon, trophy, and a large Styrofoam paper airplane they could assemble ...

The class is led by children’s librarian Elizabeth Andresen, who teaches the kids about flight and creating and transferring energy to make objects move. The children made paper helicopters made ...

Growing up with six brothers, John Collins got really good at folding paper ... airplanes to explain it," says Collins, who somehow makes terms like "dihedral angle" sound accessible to kids.