Japanese paper airplane virtuoso Takuo Toda prepares to release a 10-centimeter-long craft during his paper airplane fly-off in attempt to break his own record of 27.9 seconds set earlier this year, at a Japan Airlines hangar near Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009. In the world of competitive paper airplane throwing, a 20-second flight is exceptional, 25 or better is world class. Thirty is the stuff that dreams are made of. Toda has ever come close to breaking the 30-second barrier. On Sunday, he set a world record for a hand-launched plane made with only paper, but fell just short of the 30-second mark. AP Photo logo AP Photo 26 months ago

Japanese paper airplane virtuoso Takuo Toda prepares to release a 10-centimeter-long craft during his paper airplane fly-off in attempt to break his own record of 27.9 seconds set earlier this year, at a Japan Airlines hangar near Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009. In the world of competitive paper airplane throwing, a 20-second flight is exceptional, 25 or better is world class. Thirty is the stuff that dreams are made of. Toda has ever come close to breaking the 30-second barrier. On Sunday, he set a world record for a hand-launched plane made with only paper, but fell just short of the 30-second mark.

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