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
5827
Page
5828
Page
5829
Page
5830
Current page
5831
Page
5832
Page
5833
Page
5834
Page
5835
…
First page
‹‹
Previous page
‹
Next page
›
Last page
››
Paper Airplane 131638
Paper Airplane 131639
Paper Airplane 131640
Paper Airplane 131641
Paper Airplane 131642
Paper Airplane 131643
Paper Airplane 131644
Paper Airplane 131645
Paper Airplane 131646
Paper Airplane 131647
Paper Airplane 131648
Paper Airplane 131649
Paper Airplane 131650
Paper Airplane 131651
Paper Airplane 131652
Paper Airplane 131653
Paper Airplane 131654
Paper Airplane 131655
Paper Airplane 131656
Paper Airplane 131657
Pagination
Page
5827
Page
5828
Page
5829
Page
5830
Current page
5831
Page
5832
Page
5833
Page
5834
Page
5835
…
First page
‹‹
Previous page
‹
Next page
›
Last page
››
