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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I understand that this is not the place to reveal our deepest darkest secrets, but I can no longer withhold this from all of you
I'm a paper airplane nut. Fascinated by em. I love making em. Always have- to the dismay of my teachers since the 4th grade. I make them during business conferences, slow meetings and plenty of other "inappropriate" times
Oddly, no matter how inappropriate, folks always want to play with them and want know how they are made...
So for those of you, with ADAA, children, or who are frustrated aerospace engineers...have at it:
Best Paper Airplane
Very Cool Plane
I've made both of these and they work really well...the Paperang is amazing.... |
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Location: Parrish, FL | My kind of guy.
Signed,
Fellow Paper Airplane Nut (PAN) |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Maybe WOT but one of the best bits of info I have seen in a long time.....lots of fun! THANKS JW! |
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Location: NJ | Nice! |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I once got in trouble at school for sailing these out the third floor window. When the teacher arrived I was informed, after I had to go pick them all up, that they were glad I was sticking with the family business but that wasn't the time or place for it.
I guess that ended my aerospace career. |
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Location: Vermont USA | Wow now I have something to do between naps. :D
Pauly |
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Location: Vermont USA | I once got in trouble at school for sailing these out the third floor window. The Nuns where I went to school would have nun o dat. I would have to write a thousand time I will not waste paper.
Pauly |
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Location: NJ | I got busted in Drafting class for making a miniature of the Wright Bros. "Flyer" - out of paper clips and rolling papers . . .
When the the teacher confiscated it, he asked me what the "paper" was. I told him it was "tissue".
He then asked what kind of idiot I "took him for".
My response was "I don't know . . how many different kinds ARE there??" . . .
Thus began my "transfer" from Drafting to the Commercial Art program in High School . . . |
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Location: south east Michigan | It's amazing how anyones current lot in life can be traced back to a relatively minor event.
I can remember walking into Guitar & Drum Center, seeing the Balladeer and the rest is history. |
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Location: NJ | ". . anyones current lot in life can be traced back to a relatively minor event . ."
Ay! c'mon! . . . she LOOKED 18!! |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Originally posted by cliff:
". . anyones current lot in life can be traced back to a relatively minor event . ."
Ay! c'mon! . . . she LOOKED 18!! ...until she took off the habit anyway... |
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Location: Vermont USA | Posted by Weaser until she took off the habit anyway Are you saying Cliff has a bad habit :confused:
Pauly |
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Location: Orange County, California | OK, Back to the topic...
When you grow up (a little), you graduate from those folded paper POS's to these.
Cool kits
I built and flew the Special Performers Kit a few years ago and decided that it was too serious of a hobby for me.
I'm almost 34 and I might be ready to try it again soon. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Bahh!! Old news, Fred. Been there done that...
You can't while away the hours during an interminable Power Point Presentation with those...ya need to just pull a sheet off the writing pad, fold it up and toss.
(They are cool kits tho) |
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | CWK2,
I think that I know why the teacher caught you.
You must have been practicing your signature on each airplane knowing that one day you would be signing labels for guitars :D :rolleyes: :eek: |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | That might have been it, or maybe it was the ugly kid in class who squeeled.(there's always one, isn't there?) |
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