A few years ago, we were feeling sort of goofy at the office so we decided to have a paper airplane flying contest around Thanksgiving. Â Our office is on the top floor of our building so we have a lot of potential to fly a plane quite a distance. Â At the time, we decided that the contest would be an annual tradition. Â Three years later, we decided to have the 2nd annual paper airplane flying contest…
In the first contest, I had a superior design but was adversely affected by wind currents and unexpected air inversions. Â My plane landed in a tree that grows right beside the building. Â Another fella with a primitive design fly his plane nearly to the river…the Mississippi River that is. Â Anyhow, a week or so ago, we decided to have a pre-contest practice run where I once again flew my superior design directly into the same dang tree. Â The pre-contest drove me nuts…first place was won by the new girl in the office…again with a primitive design. Â Second place was taken by another guy who threw a box lid off the roof. Â You see, the only rule was that the plane had to contain some paper product.
Since my superior design didn’t even really show for the fight…I mean flight, I declared the contest to be void. Â We had the “real” contest on Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Â This time, I decided I was absolutely going to win…I brought a special plane:
Guess what…we had the trim on the control wrong and this plane flew right into the same dang tree…how can I lose with a powered plane? Â Soon, that tree will meet its end!
Anyhow, the box-lid thrower this time threw a roll of toilet paper off the roof…and it did very well. Â I think next year I will go simple rather than superior!
