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gammon_baron | 14:38 Mon 09th Sep 2002 | Film, Media & TV
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If I threw a paper plane in a giant vacuum how far would it fly?
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It would follow a parabola to the floor - i.e. as far as a stone of the same weight thrown then same way

Because there is no atmosphere in a vacuum, there is nothing to generate lift on the wings to counter the effects of gravity. A paper plane, correctly made, will travel much further in air.
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