Toulouse. The Paper Airplane Throwing World Championship is back
3 years after the last edition, the most important official paper plane throwing world championship returns to France in 2022. An unexpected opportunity for students to reach the rank of high-level athlete… for a daytime.
Red Bull Paper Wings is a student-only championship of the whole world. A unique opportunity for them to reveal their secret weapon outside the classroom and perhaps represent their school or their country during a world championship which is not a joke, thanks to a paper airplane !
As serious as it is wacky, the title has been around since 2006 and its speed has grown steadily over the years. In 2022, for its 6th edition, Red Bull Paper Wings involves 490 universities and no less than 50,000 students across 62 countries.
In France, it includes 30 qualifying events which take place from March 9 to April 26 in faculties and schools and bring together 3,200 participants. Only 60 of them will win their sesame for the French final on April 30 at the Aeroscopia in Blagnac, in the near suburbs of Toulouse.
The two best Frenchmen will defend the colors of their country during the international grand final, which will be held from May 12 to 14 in the famous Hangar-7, aeronautical museum and residence of the Flying Bulls, in Salzburg, Austria.
TO REMEMBER :
• A world championship reserved for students
• 2 world records to beat: 69.14 m distance and 29.2 sec flight time
• 30 qualifying stages in France in March and April, 3,200 French students involved
• Final France at the Aeroscopia in Blagnac (Toulouse) on April 30 (60 finalists)
• World final at Hangar 7 in Salzburg from 12 to 14 May (3 French finalists)
Final France at theAeroscopy from Blagnac (Toulouse) on April 30
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