Paper Airplanes

I've been working on some paper airplanes.  (Above: the S.S. Explorer)

This is the book that I used to make them:

It's called Kids' Paper Airplane Book by Blackburn and Lammers.

In this photo, I'm making The Count.  Mwaa haa haa!

You tear out the coloured airplane pages and follow the instructions for folding.  I've noticed that usually you start with the paper flipped over on the wrong side, in order to get the picture to come out right-side up.

Here's the folded Count.  Once again, mwaa ha ha.  This one was probably the best flyer out of all the paper airplanes I made.

Here are some others-

The Robo-Chopper:

Even though this one's not a plane, it went pretty well.  It spins around and around and around when you drop it from up high.

The Robo-Chopper was probably the easiest one to make.  After doing a few, I could make them without looking at the book.

Warning:  On the next photo, you might want to cover your eyes!

This is the Flying Saucer:

This one freaks my dad out.  I like to put it on his face.  Ha ha ha.

After experimenting with the planes in the book, I tried making my own version of the count, with regular paper. 

I did this by looking at the book and following the instructions.  The photo is after I tried it, and that's why it has all the folds.  This test-flight didn't go so well, so I unfolded it and tried again.  This is a prototype for more flying things to come.