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
5783
Page
5784
Page
5785
Page
5786
Current page
5787
Page
5788
Page
5789
Page
5790
Page
5791
…
First page
‹‹
Previous page
‹
Next page
›
Last page
››
Paper Airplane 130758
Paper Airplane 130759
Paper Airplane 130760
Paper Airplane 130761
Paper Airplane 130762
Paper Airplane 130763
Paper Airplane 130764
Paper Airplane 130765
Paper Airplane 130766
Paper Airplane 130767
Paper Airplane 130768
Paper Airplane 130769
Paper Airplane 130770
Paper Airplane 130771
Paper Airplane 130772
Paper Airplane 130773
Paper Airplane 130774
Paper Airplane 130775
Paper Airplane 130776
Paper Airplane 130777
Pagination
Page
5783
Page
5784
Page
5785
Page
5786
Current page
5787
Page
5788
Page
5789
Page
5790
Page
5791
…
First page
‹‹
Previous page
‹
Next page
›
Last page
››
