There are some notable differences, though, between an aircraft such as a fighter jet or passenger jet and a paper airplane.

When he threw the paper plane, "It landed on the shirtfront of the French minister of education, much to the embarrassment of my sister and others at the banquet," von Kármán wrote.

There are some notable differences, though, between an aircraft such as a fighter jet or passenger jet and a paper airplane. For starters, paper airplanes don't have any form of power outside of ...