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A paper plane, paper aeroplane (UK), paper airplane (US), paper glider, paper dart or dart is a toy aircraft, usually a glider made out of paper or paperboard.
The origin of folded paper gliders is generally considered to be of Ancient China, although there is equal evidence that the refinement and development of folded gliders took place in equal measure in Japan. Certainly, manufacture of paper on a widespread scale took place in China 500 BCE, and origami and paper folding became popular within a century of this period, approximately 460-390 BCE. It is impossible to ascertain where and in what form the first paper aircraft were constructed, or even the first paper plane's form.
For over a thousand years after this, paper aircraft were the dominant man-made heavier-than-air craft whose principles could be readily appreciated, though thanks to their high drag coefficients, not of an exceptional performance when gliding over long distances. The pioneers of powered flight have all studied paper model aircraft in order to design larger machines. Da Vinci wrote of the building of a model plane out of parchment, and of testing some of his early ornithopter, an aircraft that flies by flapping wings, and parachute designs using paper models. Thereafter, Sir George Cayley explored the performance of paper gliders in the late 19th century. Other pioneers, such as Clément Ader, Prof. Charles Langley, and Alberto Santos-Dumont often tested ideas with paper as well as balsa models to confirm (in scale) their theories before putting them into practice.
I've found this this she's drawn me in
I know I've seen everything, wanna meet you.
Stay here I dont like goodbyes
Addicted to your Spanish eyes it's a feeling
I've seen the way the others seem
But you talk like your from a dream, it's the real thing
Taken to a new world, and I've found myself waiting
I feel you could want me too
Or I've seen thing to see me through
In the papers, your there in your glory
So tell me yous story too.
Take out the money and the fame
And agree to change your last name
I still love you the same
Cos I've found my own Lois Lane
I always knew they'd be an end
I need to know if you intend on leaving
return to your hero, (untranscribable) to the old times
Take the time to look around
Take in all the sights and sounds it's pleasing
and I've needed to tell you
That it's all about something new
Take out the money and the fame
And agree to change your last name
I still love you the same
Cos I've found my own Lois Lane
I knew it could never be reality
Then you leave for someone I could never be
I don't hold you to blame