FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for July 19, 2013

The Wright brothers of paper airplanes.

I’m sure someone will get technical, maybe more than I. It’s just a comic, but what the heck … Flaps usually move downward. Those give me the impression of elevators, or on a delta winged craft, elevons. (Unless they’re clam-shell flaps, which there are lower ones that move down as well—which we can’t see.)Also, the plane wouldn’t stay in position in the slipstream tethered like that.

You should have quit at “…It’s just a comic…”

I love the comments!

Why do I get the feeling Paige better watch her back?

The upside is that they are currently staying out of trouble…for now.

This is a link to an interesting YouTube video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZLPrAXtuBQ

It is about the guy who holds the Guinness world record for paper airplane distance. Rather than a fan, he employs a former college football quarterback for testing, and he does do flap adjustments.

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