Height, depth and spaceWorld record
Highest paper plane launch (from a balloon)
Record
35.043 km
21.775 mi
- Holder
- Space Club of Kesgrave High School
- Year
- Standing since
- 2015 (11 years)
What to remember
In 2015, the Space Club of Kesgrave High School released a paper plane from a balloon at 35.043 km, or 114,970 ft. That launch height is the record for a paper plane.
The record is one of the flight altitude records, next to aeroplanes and balloons. Not all of them were certified by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, founded on 14 October 1905 in Paris. For the paper plane, the altitude kept is the height it was released from.
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- Value, holder and date: Wikipedia article “List of flight altitude records” (revision used 1378383058). Data from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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