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'Paper Aeroplanes' by Richard Slade was published by Faber and Faber in 1970. It is mostly a book of instructions for modelling aeroplanes using cartridge paper and glue but there is a brief chapter, titled 'Paper Darts', about folded paper aeroplanes.

A full copy of the work can be accessed online here.

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Analysis

Plate 1 shows folded paper planes.

Plate 2 shows 'experimental' planes made using several pieces glued together.

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Plate 1 A: The Traditional Dart - The Paper Dart

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Plate 1 B: Aeroplane Dart - The Swallow

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Plate 1 C: Traditional Japanese Dart

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Plate 1 D: 'a stronger form of A'

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Selected Pages

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