the edge of a sheet of cardboard. Space flight There may one day be a paper plane launched from space. A prototype passed a durability test in a wind tunnel in March 2008, and Japan's space agency JAXA considered a launch from the International Space Station. However, the plane developers, Takuo Toda (see World Records above) and fellow enthusiast Shinji Suzuki, an aeronautical engineer and professor at Tokyo University, postponed the attempt after acknowledging it would be all but impossible to track them during the planes' week-long journey to Earth, assuming any of them survived the searing descent. The developers were hoping that China or Russia will back further efforts on the project. In February 2011, 200 planes were launched from a net underneath a weather balloon above Germany. The planes were designed to maintain stable flight even in gusts up to . The planes were equipped with memory chips from which data can be uploaded. The planes were found in other places in Europe, North America and even Australia. On 24 June 2015, a club from Kesgrave High School in Suffolk, United Kingdom, achieved the world record for the highest altitude paper plane launch, reaching an altitude of . See also Card throwing FPG-9 glider made from a styrofoam plate Kline Fogleman airfoil Model aircraft National Paper Airplane Day Paper Aircraft Released Into Space Paper Planes (2015 film) Red Bull Paper Wings Tumblewing Walkalong glider References Notable books Jet Age Jamboree, Dr. Yasuaki Ninomiya, 1966. The Great International Paper Airplane Book, by Jerry Mander, George Dippel and Howard Gossage; 1967,1988 Airborne All-Stars, Dr. Yasuaki Ninomiya, 1967. Whitewings: Excellent Paper Airplanes, by Dr. Yasuaki Ninomiya; AGCO Ltd., Osako, Japan, 1980. Advanced Paper Aircraft, by Campbell Morris; Angus & Robertson (Harper Collins), Sydney, Australia, 1983. The Ultimate Paper Airplane, by Richard Kline; Fireside Book, New York, 1985. Paper Pilot, by E.H. Mathews, Struik, Johannesburg, 1987 Paper Pilot 2, by E.H. Mathews, Struik, Johannesburg, 1990 Paper Pilot 3, by E.H. Mathews, Struik, Johannesburg, 1992 12 Planes for the Paper Pilot, by E.H. Mathews, Struik, Johannesburg, 1995 Paper Airplanes, by Richard Slade, 1972 (Scale Model Aircraft) The Know How Book of Paper Aeroplanes, Know How Series, Usborne Books, London, 1979 The Gliding Flight, by John M. Collins, Ten Speed Press, 1989 Fantastic Flight, by John M. Collins, Ten Speed Press, 2004 Super Simple Paper Airplanes, by Nick Robinson, Sterling, 2005 The Biggest Ever