In the world of competitive paper airplane throwing, a 20-second flight is exceptional and 25 or better is world class.
Thirty is the stuff dreams are made of.
Only one man — paper airplane virtuoso Takuo Toda — has ever come close to breaking the 30-second barrier. On Sunday, he set a world record for a hand-launched plane made with only paper, but he fell just short of the 30-second mark.
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