Guinness World Records gives paper aircraft a giant wingspan

Progetto Icarus and Jakidale launch their Bologna-built glider from an elevated platform inside a hall.

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Jakidale shows off a balance weight made entirely of paper. Even on an aircraft this enormous, the small components get their moment before the team tackles the practical problem: lifting it onto scaffolding and throwing it across a hall.

"Record Breaking Paper Aircraft | Guinness World Records" showcases Progetto Icarus and Jakidale's record-setting build in Bologna, Italy. Its wingspan stretches more than 20 meters, but the construction is about more than simply scaling up a folded sheet. Jakidale demonstrates layered paper and glue structures, including the underside of the broad wing, before the indoor launch and smooth landing.

The video has collected roughly 62,000 views, the largest audience among the channel's 13 uploads this week. It also carries the most daily momentum right now. In the comments, the materials prompt a particularly good engineering question: does adding glue make this closer to a composite such as plywood? Another viewer wonders why the team chose an indoor launch rather than a high cliff.

Elsewhere, the week's record showcases include an airbag launch, sword juggling while skateboarding and a handstand balanced on someone performing a levitation trick. A separate engineering compilation brings together remote-control motors, cars and drones, giving the paper aircraft some mechanical company.

Across the channel, daily viewing is running well below its usual level, while the subscriber total is unchanged over the week. The most substantial new audience belongs to a project whose finishing touch is refreshingly simple: after all that structural work, the team lets the paper fly.

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The numbers

Here is how Guinness World Records' uploads and audience moved over the week.

subscribers

13,200,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

4,042,485,447

views per day

367,332

typical day: 941,509

first-day views of each video posted this week

Record Breaking Paper Aircraft | Guinne…

21,558

He was LAUNCHED 🤯

22,540

Best New World Records Set This Week (F…

13,941

LONGEST legs in the world (female) 🦵

12,885

Longest handstand on a person performin…

8,283

Juggling a sword WHILST skateboarding 🛹

7,393

As of October 29, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.