Airplane World Records

Reto S. built a paper airplane that measures 1 mm (0.03 inch) in length.

Members of iD Tech Camps in UC San Diego stuck 53 paper airplanes in the hair of one person.

Stephen Goldblatt engages in 12 instant message chats while flying on a plane, a new world record. He achieved the feat while flying from JFK to LAX on a Virgin America flight. The record was set on March 26, 2009. At the moment of documentation, Goldblatt was moving 605 miles an hour, 36,215 feet above Albequerque, New Mexico. tag:RecordSetterBook01

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Russel Stokely constructs and launches seven paper airplanes in one minute, a new world record. He used standard construction paper to build the planes. Stokely set the record on March 19, 2009 at his home in Austin, Texas. Lauren Jane Slade was present to document the record and count the planes. tag:RecordSetterBook01

Wieden Kennedy’s Team Dark flew 179 paper airplanes of the roof of their office building in 30 seconds. The record was set in Portland, Oregon on April 1, 2010 at the agency’s 28th annual Founders’ Dayparty.RecordSetter co-foundersDan Rollman and Corey Henderson were on hand to preside over the event. [#FD28][]

VTKlustrum read all 39 locations JetBlue flies to nonstop out of Boston in 13.31 seconds.

Barry Rosenberg juggled three one-ounce bags of JetBlue cashews nonstop for one minute, 21.65 seconds. Rosenberg performed the feat on Thursday June 10, 2010 at the JetBlue ‘Nonstop Nonstops’ World Record Event in Boston’s Copley Square, held in collaboration withRecordSetter. #JB01

Hiren Gudka imitated an airplane nonstop while holding a full soda can in each hand for 8 minutes, 1.12 seconds. Gudka performed the feat on Thursday June 10, 2010 at the JetBlue ‘Nonstop Nonstops’ World Record Event in Boston’s Copley Square, held in collaboration withRecordSetter. #JB01

Dave Thompson and Grant Lukin visited 10 Australian tourist destinations by plane in 57 hours and 50.0 minutes. They did so between April 19 and 21, 2010.

James Asquith visited all 196 countries in the world at the young age of 24. He was born on December 30, 1988. He started traveling five years ago when he was still a student at a university. Asquith likes meeting new people and going to unusual places off the traditional tourist trails. Amongst his favorite places to visit are Iran and the United States.

Shahzeb Khan constructed a paper airplane from a magazine page in 5.46 seconds.

David H. constructed and launched a paper airplane in 5.24 seconds.

Members of the Young Adult Oncology Group pulled a plane 15 feet in 5.19 seconds. They performed this feat to raise money for cancer research.

Roald Bradstock threw a paper airplane made from a dollar bill a distance of 28.83 feet (346 inches). He performed this feat during a stop on the RecordSetter book tour. Bradstockset the record at The Highland Inn in Atlanta during a RecordSetter LIVE! event. RecordSetter Council president Dan Rollman and co-founder Corey Henderson presided over the attempt.

Tommy Heslep prevented two airplanes from taking off for one minute, 15.53 seconds; a total of 816 pounds of pressure pulled his hands during the attempt. He set the record to raise funds for D.A.R.E.