Skip to main content
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Header Menu
Activities & Multimedia
Ask An Explainer
About the Exhibit
Search
Section Menu
Forces of Flight
The Four Forces
We Aren't Built to Fly
Gravity & Air
Gravity
Air
Buoyancy
Aerodynamics
Air in Motion
Subsonic Wings
Factors Affecting Lift
Alternative Theories of Lift
Pressure Drag
Friction Drag
Vortex Drag
Waves in the Air
Shock Waves
Propulsion
Propellers
Engines
Rocket Propulsion
Vertical Flight
Structures & Materials
Weight and Strength
Materials
Hypersonic Vehicles
Shaped for Space
Flight Dynamics
Control Surfaces
Roll, Pitch, and Yaw
Instruments
Gravity in Orbit
Newton’s Laws of Motion
Kepler’s Laws of Orbital Motion
Moving in Space
Thrusters and Spinning Wheels
Activities
Share
Twitter
Facebook
Activities
Create Your Own Paper Airplane
Distance Challenge
Controlled Flight
Forces of Flight
How Wings Work
Paper Airplane Gallery
Hands-on Experiments
Rocket Lab
Paper Airplane Gallery
Check out the many possible designs.
Create Your Own!
Search Field For Paper Airplanes
Pagination
Page
217
Page
218
Page
219
Page
220
Current page
221
Page
222
Page
223
Page
224
Page
225
…
First page
‹‹
Previous page
‹
Next page
›
Last page
››
Paper Airplane 5840
Paper Airplane 5842
Paper Airplane 5845
Paper Airplane 5846
Paper Airplane 5847
Paper Airplane 5848
Paper Airplane 5849
Paper Airplane 5852
Paper Airplane 5854
Paper Airplane 5855
Paper Airplane 5856
Paper Airplane 5857
Paper Airplane 5858
Paper Airplane 5861
Paper Airplane 5863
Paper Airplane 5864
Paper Airplane 5865
Paper Airplane 5866
Paper Airplane 5869
Paper Airplane 5872
Pagination
Page
217
Page
218
Page
219
Page
220
Current page
221
Page
222
Page
223
Page
224
Page
225
…
First page
‹‹
Previous page
‹
Next page
›
Last page
››
