NewsWhore
03-20-2009, 04:00 PM
Thousands of pilots, dozens of qualifiers and 85 compete to reach the world finals of the Worldwide Paper Plane Contest, the Red Bull Paper Wings. The competition will take place this Sunday, 22 March at the Olympic Center Judo Pavilion.
This is the second year that Dominicans also compete to be the first in the categories of longest airtime, longest distance and aerobatics. The world record for "longest airtime" since 1998 is 27.6 seconds. The longest distance ever covered is 58.82 meters.
The trick is in the new types of paper airplanes, wing tips and control surfaces.
Participants need to use a piece of standard A4 format paper, which can only be folded.
Contestants just need a sheet of paper, plenty of ideas, strong or skillful upper arms and a health portion of idealism to participate.
The winner of the event in the DR wins the right to compete in the finals that will take place at Hangar 7 in Salzburg, Austria.
To enter, write to info@do.redbull.com or go to the official event website, www.redbullpaperwings.com (http://www.redbullpaperwings.com)
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#15)
This is the second year that Dominicans also compete to be the first in the categories of longest airtime, longest distance and aerobatics. The world record for "longest airtime" since 1998 is 27.6 seconds. The longest distance ever covered is 58.82 meters.
The trick is in the new types of paper airplanes, wing tips and control surfaces.
Participants need to use a piece of standard A4 format paper, which can only be folded.
Contestants just need a sheet of paper, plenty of ideas, strong or skillful upper arms and a health portion of idealism to participate.
The winner of the event in the DR wins the right to compete in the finals that will take place at Hangar 7 in Salzburg, Austria.
To enter, write to info@do.redbull.com or go to the official event website, www.redbullpaperwings.com (http://www.redbullpaperwings.com)
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#15)