Flying high on a sheet of paper

Making and flying paper planes is more than just child’s play. And it was evident at the Delhi qualifier of the third edition of ‘Red Bull Paper Wings’, a paper plane designing and flying contest. With eyes fixed on world finals to be held in Austria, more than 150 youngsters participated in the contest organised at New Delhi Railway Station at Airport Express Line.
The event aimed at engaging students to think of innovative ways of folding paper and designing an aerodynamically capable plane. The participants were judged across three categories--longest distance, maximum flight time and aerobatic flight.
The contestants had to make planes on the spot using an A4 sheet of paper.
Satyendra Singh from Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), Delhi won in the category of flying a paper plane the longest distance. His paper plane flew a distance of 32-metre. Clocking a time of seven seconds in the air, the plane by Jubin Jacob from School of Planning and Architecture won in the maximum flight time category. There was a tie between Anupam Dixit, businessman and Mohit Lakhwani, a student of Picasso Animation College for aerobatics category.
27/02/12 Deccan Herald

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Categories: Indian Aviation- In General Feb 2012