Off topic: It didn’t earn any miles, but 800 pound paper airplane earns an aviation record

I’m still getting caught up with my news feeds and found something that has absolutely nothing to do with AAdvantage Miles, but I thought you might find it interesting.   The Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, AZ set a record last week by flying the world’s largest paper airplane.

The museum sponsored a paper airplane contest back in January, and the 45′ long, 800 pound plane was based on the winning entry submitted by 12-year-old Arturo Valdenegro.   The plane flew over the Arizona desert for just 10 seconds, but that was good enough for it to land in the record books.

You can read more about it here.

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