Paper Airplane World Record. Japanese Man Takuo Toda Sets New Record For Hand-Thrown Paper Plane

In the world of competitive paper airplane throwing, a 20-second flight is exceptional, 25 or better is world class.

Thirty is the stuff dreams are made of.

Only one man – Japanese paper airplane virtuoso Takuo Toda – has ever come close to breaking the 30-second barrier. On Sunday, he set a world record for a hand-launched plane made with only paper, but fell just short of the 30-second mark.

Toda, flying a 10-centimeter-long craft of his own design, made 10 attempts to break his own record of 27.9 seconds set earlier this year in Hiroshima but failed to best his previous mark, settling for a 26.1-second flight.

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