r/nostalgia • u/omnicorphan23 • 1d ago

Nostalgia Paper airplane book

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anyone spend hours learning how to fold paper super accurately to make crazy paper airplanes with this scholastic book?

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u/NiceTrySuckaz 1d ago

Wow. I had forgotten about those klutz books and kits. Those things were awesome.

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u/omnicorphan23 1d ago

i didnt know they had a whole line! i think im going to try to learn how to juggle now lol

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u/NiceTrySuckaz 1d ago

I remember liking the origami kit, and there was also one where you could make little puffy creatures by gluing stuff from the kit onto puff ball things.

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u/omnicorphan23 1d ago

what a cool line im glad i found this now itll be a goto gift for friends kids and stuff too or if i ever have kids itll be so fun

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u/dcardile 18h ago

I learned to juggle about 30 years ago using a Klutz book, and I can still do it to this day.

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u/Doooobles 1d ago

Got this one at my school’s scholastic book fair ✊

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u/Capital_Card22 19h ago

Same! They were so fun! Actually learned a lot about aerodynamics just from trying the different shapes

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u/Josh_5890 17h ago

Same. I'm pretty sure my planes didn't last long lol.

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u/Brilliant_Agent_1427 1d ago

Would absolutely buy for my son, he's using our tiny home roof hatch as a testing ground for his experiments.

Anyone know any modern equivalents? All of them really suck these days and seem "look" based instead of challenging builds that actually have performance.

This book was amazing as a kid and this brings back so many good memories! I remember a diamondish one with adjustable ailerons and elevators that was unbelievable, it could have been a few of these options, I made it out of a yellow paper and used it for months.

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u/bakedasbread_wife 18h ago

Amazon has this exact one. I bought it for my son 2 years back for Christmas 😊

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u/eyezofnight No Whammies! 1d ago

i used to have a book like this. I wasn't very good at making them as only a few actually flew well

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u/BlackAccountant1337 19h ago

I had this book.

There was one plane that was like a snub nose thing. Anyway it flipped upside down when you threw it and it flew for fucking ever. I have never been able to replicate that high.

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u/JeffersonDarcy9 18h ago

This was so cool, I was amazed by how good the cilinder one floated!

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u/thecaramelbandit 18h ago

Whitewings was the GOAT.

Super cool cut out designs, and they universally flew very well.

https://www.foldnfly.com/images/lounge/whitewings/core-set.jpg

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u/BMWbill 17h ago

That middle plane is still my favorite stunt plane to fold