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World Record for Paper Plane Flight Distance: Part 1 (2016x19)

Air date: Nov 11, 2016

The world flight distance record for a paper airplane is 69 meters... Can an ultimate paper airplane break this record?! A battle unfolds between a team of academics from Tohoku University working on next-generation aircraft and a team of airplane fanatics who hold model airplane world records. This week, the teams enter 3 airplanes each. Students with a background in human-powered airplane competitions take up the challenge with a giant plane. They are up against an airplane fanatic whose ideas for a wing have been considered by JAXA for a future Mars airplane. Improbable flight concepts are revealed... A plane making a turn despite competing for distance?! Which one is going to fly farther?!