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
4916
Page
4917
Page
4918
Page
4919
Current page
4920
Page
4921
Page
4922
Page
4923
Page
4924
…
First page
‹‹
Previous page
‹
Next page
›
Last page
››
Paper Airplane 113413
Paper Airplane 113414
Paper Airplane 113415
Paper Airplane 113416
Paper Airplane 113417
Paper Airplane 113418
Paper Airplane 113419
Paper Airplane 113420
Paper Airplane 113421
Paper Airplane 113422
Paper Airplane 113423
Paper Airplane 113424
Paper Airplane 113425
Paper Airplane 113426
Paper Airplane 113427
Paper Airplane 113428
Paper Airplane 113429
Paper Airplane 113430
Paper Airplane 113431
Paper Airplane 113432
Pagination
Page
4916
Page
4917
Page
4918
Page
4919
Current page
4920
Page
4921
Page
4922
Page
4923
Page
4924
…
First page
‹‹
Previous page
‹
Next page
›
Last page
››
