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On 28 October 2010, the PARIS (Paper Aircraft Released Into Space) project launched a paper plane at 90,000 ft (27,000 m) - 17 miles up - at a location about 120 miles (190 km) west of Madrid, Spain, setting a world record recognised by Guinness World Records. [1] The work was undertaken by a team of British space enthusiasts working on behalf ...
DFS 40 Lippisch tailless research aircraft; DFS 194 rocket-powered research aircraft, forerunner of Me 163; DFS 228 rocket-powered reconnaissance aircraft (prototype) DFS 230 transport glider; DFS 331 transport glider (prototype) DFS 332 wing profile research aircraft; DFS 346 supersonic research aircraft (incomplete prototype only)
A simple folded paper plane. Folding instructions for a traditional paper dart. A paper plane (also known as a paper airplane or paper dart in American English, or paper aeroplane in British English) is a toy aircraft, usually a glider, made out of single folded sheet of paper or paperboard. It typically takes the form of a simple nose-heavy ...
By RYAN GORMAN A paper airplane set a new Guinness world record as it flew 82 miles this month. A team of auxiliary U.S. Air Force volunteers launched the paper aircraft from a weather balloon ...
After the surrender of Nazi Germany several of the secret or unfinished projects of German military aircraft gained wide publicity. Also certain postwar planes such as the Bell X-5, F-86 Sabre or the MiG-15 were deemed to have been based on the pioneering work of World War II German aircraft designers.
Developed into. BMW VII. Mikulin M-17. The BMW VI was a water-cooled V-12 aircraft engine built in Germany in the 1920s. It was one of the most important German aero engines in the years leading up to World War II, with thousands built. It was further developed as the BMW VII and BMW IX, although these saw considerably less use.
Albatros H.1 - high altitude record aircraft modified from SSW D.IV fighter; Albatros J.I - ground attack [52] Albatros J.II - ground attack [53] Albatros L 3 - single seat reconnaissance [54] Albatros L 9 - single seat reconnaissance [55] Albatros L.65 - reconnaissance fighter biplane built in Lithuania; Albatros L.68 - trainer; Albatros L.69 ...
The BMW 801 was a powerful German 41.8-litre (2,550 cu in) air-cooled 14-cylinder- radial aircraft engine built by BMW and used in a number of German Luftwaffe aircraft of World War II. Production versions of the twin-row engine generated between 1,560 and 2,000 PS (1,540–1,970 hp, or 1,150–1,470 kW ). It was the most produced radial engine ...