The world distance record for a paper aeroplane throw (thrown inside on level ground) is held by Stephen Kreiger. In September 2003, Stephen threw his plane 63.19 metres (207 feet, 4 inches). This beat the previous record of 58.82 metres (193 feet) set by Tony Fletch in May 1985. Although it is many years ago now, both Stephen and Tony contacted me via my old website providing me with details about their planes, unfortunately, those emails have now been lost in the sands of time. However, the thing I remember about both paper aeroplanes were that they were very different to the designs I post here on this site. They were not gliders, instead more like paper javelins - not particularly elegant fliers, but very effective if you have a strong throw.
Here's my artistic
interpretation of the event.
The world record for time aloft was set in April 2009 by Takuo Toda of Japan. His paper aeroplane stayed in the air for 27.9 secords, beating the previous record set by Ken Blackburn of the USA by 0.3 seconds.
Here's my artistic interpretation.