Paper plane virtuoso tests record aloft

TOKYO: In the world of competitive paper airplane throwing, a 20-second flight is exceptional, 25 or better is world class.

Thirty is the stuff dreams are made of.

Only one man - Japanese paper airplane virtuoso Takuo Toda - has ever come close to breaking the 30-second barrier. On Sunday, he set a world record for a hand-launched plane made with only paper, but fell just short of the 30-second mark.