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
247
Page
248
Page
249
Page
250
Current page
251
Page
252
Page
253
Page
254
Page
255
…
First page
‹‹
Previous page
‹
Next page
›
Last page
››
Paper Airplane 6569
Paper Airplane 6570
Paper Airplane 6571
Paper Airplane 6572
Paper Airplane 6574
Paper Airplane 6575
Paper Airplane 6576
Paper Airplane 6577
Paper Airplane 6578
Paper Airplane 6579
Paper Airplane 6580
Paper Airplane 6582
Paper Airplane 6583
Paper Airplane 6584
Paper Airplane 6585
Paper Airplane 6586
Paper Airplane 6587
Paper Airplane 6588
Paper Airplane 6589
Paper Airplane 6590
Pagination
Page
247
Page
248
Page
249
Page
250
Current page
251
Page
252
Page
253
Page
254
Page
255
…
First page
‹‹
Previous page
‹
Next page
›
Last page
››
