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
5023
Page
5024
Page
5025
Page
5026
Current page
5027
Page
5028
Page
5029
Page
5030
Page
5031
…
First page
‹‹
Previous page
‹
Next page
›
Last page
››
Paper Airplane 115556
Paper Airplane 115557
Paper Airplane 115558
Paper Airplane 115559
Paper Airplane 115560
Paper Airplane 115561
Paper Airplane 115562
Paper Airplane 115563
Paper Airplane 115564
Paper Airplane 115565
Paper Airplane 115566
Paper Airplane 115567
Paper Airplane 115568
Paper Airplane 115569
Paper Airplane 115570
Paper Airplane 115571
Paper Airplane 115572
Paper Airplane 115573
Paper Airplane 115574
Paper Airplane 115575
Pagination
Page
5023
Page
5024
Page
5025
Page
5026
Current page
5027
Page
5028
Page
5029
Page
5030
Page
5031
…
First page
‹‹
Previous page
‹
Next page
›
Last page
››
