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Classroom joke becomes Guinness record for largest paper airplane

A classroom joke led Italian engineering students to build a paper airplane with a 65.75-foot wingspan, earning a Guinness World Record.

Published Jul 13, 2026, 4:02 PM EDT | LehighValleyLive

A team of Italian engineering students has turned a familiar classroom pastime into a record-setting aviation project by building what Guinness World Records recognizes as the world’s largest paper airplane, popsci.com reported.