19 May 2009
An engineer in Japan has broken the world record for keeping a paper plane in the air for the longest time - nearly 30 seconds!
He made it out of a single sheet of paper with no cuts in it and it measured 10cm in length.
His next big idea is to fly a paper plane in space, and he's been given 90 million yen (about £617,000) to try and launch paper planes from the International Space Station.
If successful, this project could help with the designs of future spacecraft that could be made of a really lightweight material like paper that can work in the upper atmosphere of the Earth.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/5344958/Japanese-man-sets-record-for-paper-plane-flight.html