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
4641
Page
4642
Page
4643
Page
4644
Current page
4645
Page
4646
Page
4647
Page
4648
Page
4649
…
First page
‹‹
Previous page
‹
Next page
›
Last page
››
Paper Airplane 107913
Paper Airplane 107914
Paper Airplane 107915
Paper Airplane 107916
Paper Airplane 107917
Paper Airplane 107918
Paper Airplane 107919
Paper Airplane 107920
Paper Airplane 107921
Paper Airplane 107922
Paper Airplane 107923
Paper Airplane 107924
Paper Airplane 107925
Paper Airplane 107926
Paper Airplane 107927
Paper Airplane 107928
Paper Airplane 107929
Paper Airplane 107930
Paper Airplane 107931
Paper Airplane 107932
Pagination
Page
4641
Page
4642
Page
4643
Page
4644
Current page
4645
Page
4646
Page
4647
Page
4648
Page
4649
…
First page
‹‹
Previous page
‹
Next page
›
Last page
››
