High Performance Paper Airplanes

This airplane is not very complicated as paper airplanes go, but still produces nice gliding flights.

Fold your rectangular paper down the middle, then unfold to create a crease.

Next, fold the top corners into the middle:

paper creased top corners folded in '

Now fold the top point down to meet the bottom edge of the paper. Again, fold the top corners into the middle line.

top point folded down to bottom edge of paper corner folded onto center line

Now take the top point that was folded down, and fold it back up as shown.

both corners folded onto center line ready to fold body of airplane

Next, fold along the main crease to form the airplane's body. Then fold each wing down.

body of paper airplane one wing folded down

Finally, unfold the wings away from the body, and get ready to fly!

wings unfolded from body completed paper airplane