This is cool on so many levels.
November 13, 2010
A paper airplane… at 90,000 feet:
Amateur space enthusiasts Steve Daniels, John Oates and Lester Haines made the plane out of paper straws covered with paper.
They attached the aircraft – which has a 3ft wingspan – and a camera to a helium balloon and released it into the air on October 28.
It soared an astonishing 23 miles above the ground, taking dozens of photographs, before gliding back to earth.
And it landed intact!
The balloon climbed to 90,000 ft where the helium expanded to a point that caused the balloon to burst and the plane was released, gliding down to earth 100 miles from where it set off.
Cool, stuffed with awesome, wrapped tightly in outstanding. More pictures here.
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