OVER LOGAN
CHUCK FINN
FINGER WINGER
F-102 DELTA JET
F-14 TOMCAT
SKY CRUISER
TRANSFUSION
LOCK NOSE DART
DOUBLE-FLAP NOSE LOCK GLIDER
PELICAN
NIFTY FIFTY
ART-DECO WING
SHUTTLE DART
ARROW
RODNEY
STORMIN’ NORMAN
FLYING FOX
HOUSE FLY
CANARD CRUISER
FUSELAGE-LOCK SWEET DART
SAFE-T-DART
STDC
WHISKER JET
DUCK BILL DOLLAR CANARD
MAPLE SEED
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A Passion for Origami Airplanes
By Richard Alexander
Unusual colors and papers make origami airships transcend the world of toys.
An eight-year old standing beside me peered into the glass showcase of LaFosse’s original paper airplane designs on display at the Peabody Essex Museum. The F-14 Tomcat in the case was being studied intently. An older friend walked up and authoritatively informed us that there was a paper fighter jet on the Internet that was even more awesome. I pointed to the legendary design in the case and said, “Michael LaFosse designed and folded that when your mother was in diapers!” They laughed, and I offered to show them how to fold one of the other LaFosse models in the case. We took a seat one of the tables, and within a couple of minutes, they were flight-testing their Shuttle Darts (see page 32) to great delight.
When I first met Michael LaFosse in 1988, I noticed several boxes stacked in a corner of his living room, and I asked, “What’s this?” Michael reached in and proudly presented me with his 1984 Aero-gami pamphlet, The F-14 TOMCAT: An Origami Model. Then he picked up a deep-blue, folded fighter jet from the table. This sleek F-14 was particularly amazing for its likeness to the nimble jet, with its twin stabilizers and perfectly proportioned and set wings. He gave it a snap and it shot across the room—fast, straight, and true. I had never seen such an elegant paper airplane design, and I was impressed that he designed and folded it from a single square without making any cuts or using any tape.
Some of us escape into books, music, or even crossword puzzles for relaxation. One of Michael’s favorite ways to relax is to immerse himself into what he calls “a blissful world of grappling with the triple-faceted challenge of designing a plane that looks elegant, is interesting to fold, and flies great.” After doing this for decades he has developed hundreds of designs spanning a wide variety of styles. His contributions to the present crop of popular paper airplane designs include innovative nose and fuselage locking features, as well as several other clever folding techniques that he has shared at workshops, conventions and contests for years. His inspiring, passionate teaching style has made an impact upon thousands of other paper airplane enthusiasts and designers around the world, most recently at the Red Bull Hangar-7 “Masters of Origami” exhibition and paper airplane workshop in Salzburg, Austria.
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