# Paper Plane Joy

> Paper Plane Joy (paperplanejoy.com) makes Paper Plane, a free browser extension for Chrome and Firefox: a small 3D paper airplane that rests at the bottom of your web pages, to toss, catch, loop or fly with the arrow keys. The site also teaches how to fold 10 real paper airplane designs step by step, with printable templates, explains why paper planes fly, lists the paper airplane world records, and has a free daily paper plane game.

## Key facts

- Paper Plane is free, with no ads and no account. It works in Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox on a computer.
- The extension has no analytics and sends nothing to any server; its settings, records and the notes you leave yourself stay in the browser. The website counts visits anonymously, with no cookies.
- The Academy teaches 10 paper airplanes: Glider, Suzanne, Dart, Arrow, Heavy dart, Looper, Nakamura lock, Bulldog dart, Harrier, Hammer. Each has a fold-along, written steps and a printable A4 template.
- Paper airplane distance record (Guinness World Records): 98.43 m (322 ft 11 in), Liu Liwen, with a team of five, December 2025. Longest time aloft: 31.2 s, A team of seven in Kunshan, China, February 2026.
- Notes by plane: a short note sealed in the browser, kept for 7 days, opened only by its link.

## Start here

- [Paper Plane Joy: a little paper airplane for your browser](https://paperplanejoy.com/): A free browser extension for Chrome and Firefox: a paper airplane that rests at the bottom of your web pages. Toss it, catch it, loop it, or fly it yourself.

## Learn to fold

- [How to make a paper airplane: 10 designs, step by step](https://paperplanejoy.com/academy): Fold ten paper airplanes step by step, right on the page: the classic dart, the Nakamura lock, the Harrier, and Suzanne, a world record plane. Then throw each one.
- [How to fold the Glider paper airplane, step by step](https://paperplanejoy.com/academy/glider): The Glider paper airplane: 7 folds from one A4 sheet, easy. Floaty, wide loops. Fold it along on the page or print the template.
- [How to fold the Suzanne paper airplane, step by step](https://paperplanejoy.com/academy/suzanne): The Suzanne paper airplane: 10 folds from one A4 sheet, a little fiddly. The distance record: glides on and on. Fold it along on the page or print the template.
- [How to fold the Dart paper airplane, step by step](https://paperplanejoy.com/academy/dart): The Dart paper airplane: 8 folds from one A4 sheet, easy. Quick and true. Fold it along on the page or print the template.
- [How to fold the Arrow paper airplane, step by step](https://paperplanejoy.com/academy/arrow): The Arrow paper airplane: 10 folds from one A4 sheet, easy. Slim, fast, dead straight. Fold it along on the page or print the template.
- [How to fold the Heavy dart paper airplane, step by step](https://paperplanejoy.com/academy/heavy-dart): The Heavy dart paper airplane: 10 folds from one A4 sheet, a little fiddly. Goes far, sinks fast. Fold it along on the page or print the template.
- [How to fold the Looper paper airplane, step by step](https://paperplanejoy.com/academy/looper): The Looper paper airplane: 7 folds from one A4 sheet, easy. Tight loops, rolls easily. Fold it along on the page or print the template.
- [How to fold the Nakamura lock paper airplane, step by step](https://paperplanejoy.com/academy/nakamura-lock): The Nakamura lock paper airplane: 11 folds from one A4 sheet, a little fiddly. Steady, rarely stalls. Fold it along on the page or print the template.
- [How to fold the Bulldog dart paper airplane, step by step](https://paperplanejoy.com/academy/bulldog-dart): The Bulldog dart paper airplane: 9 folds from one A4 sheet, easy. A blunt nose: steady and tough. Fold it along on the page or print the template.
- [How to fold the Harrier paper airplane, step by step](https://paperplanejoy.com/academy/harrier): The Harrier paper airplane: 11 folds from one A4 sheet, a little fiddly. A locked nose, pointed wings: steady and quick. Fold it along on the page or print the template.
- [How to fold the Hammer paper airplane, step by step](https://paperplanejoy.com/academy/hammer): The Hammer paper airplane: 14 folds from one A4 sheet, a little fiddly. A snub nose, long slim wings: flies far and true. Fold it along on the page or print the template.
- [How do paper airplanes fly? Lift, drag and a glide lab](https://paperplanejoy.com/why-planes-fly): How a paper airplane flies, explained and playable: a glide lab to change the throw, wings and nose angle, the four forces, trimming, history and classroom activities.
- [Best paper airplanes: for distance, hang time and beginners](https://paperplanejoy.com/best-paper-airplanes): The best paper airplane for distance, for staying up longest, for kids, for loops and for hitting a target: a pick for each, other good designs, and every plane compared.
- [Paper airplane troubleshooting: nose-dives, stalls, turns](https://paperplanejoy.com/paper-airplane-troubleshooting): Why a paper airplane nose-dives, stalls, turns or wobbles, and how to fix it: four checks first, then the small bends that trim it. Plus how to make it fly farther.
- [Paper airplane science project: a fair test, step by step](https://paperplanejoy.com/paper-airplane-science-project): A paper airplane experiment for a science fair or class: questions to test, the variables, a hypothesis, what you need, the method, and a results table to copy.
- [Paper airplane world records: farthest and longest flights](https://paperplanejoy.com/records): Every paper airplane distance record since 1985, from 58.82 m to 98.43 m (December 2025), and the longest time aloft, 31.2 seconds, as Guinness lists them.

## Play

- [Daily Flight: a new paper airplane game every day](https://paperplanejoy.com/daily): A free paper airplane game in your browser: a new course of six challenges every day, the same for everyone. Toss it, loop it, fly through hoops, then dare a friend.
- [Send a secret note by paper plane](https://paperplanejoy.com/note): Write a short note and fold it into a paper plane: you get a link, and whoever opens it sees the plane fly in and unfold. Sealed in your browser, kept for 7 days.

## Compare

- [Desktop pets for your browser: Chrome and Firefox](https://paperplanejoy.com/browser-pets): Shimeji, Meow, PetPat, Annoying Goose, Oneko and Paper Plane, side by side: what each one is, who it suits, and what its store listing says about updates and data.
- [Privnote alternatives: private note links, compared](https://paperplanejoy.com/privnote-alternatives): Privnote, Onetime Secret, Yopass, PrivateBin and a note by plane, compared: which lock notes in your browser, which vanish once read, how long they last, and replies.

## Printable templates

- [Printable Glider paper airplane template](https://paperplanejoy.com/templates/glider): A free printable A4 template for the Glider paper airplane: every crease drawn and numbered in the order you fold it, and every step as a picture.
- [Printable Suzanne paper airplane template](https://paperplanejoy.com/templates/suzanne): A free printable A4 template for the Suzanne paper airplane: every crease drawn and numbered in the order you fold it, and every step as a picture.
- [Printable Dart paper airplane template](https://paperplanejoy.com/templates/dart): A free printable A4 template for the Dart paper airplane: every crease drawn and numbered in the order you fold it, and every step as a picture.
- [Printable Arrow paper airplane template](https://paperplanejoy.com/templates/arrow): A free printable A4 template for the Arrow paper airplane: every crease drawn and numbered in the order you fold it, and every step as a picture.
- [Printable Heavy dart paper airplane template](https://paperplanejoy.com/templates/heavy-dart): A free printable A4 template for the Heavy dart paper airplane: every crease drawn and numbered in the order you fold it, and every step as a picture.
- [Printable Looper paper airplane template](https://paperplanejoy.com/templates/looper): A free printable A4 template for the Looper paper airplane: every crease drawn and numbered in the order you fold it, and every step as a picture.
- [Printable Nakamura lock paper airplane template](https://paperplanejoy.com/templates/nakamura-lock): A free printable A4 template for the Nakamura lock paper airplane: every crease drawn and numbered in the order you fold it, and every step as a picture.
- [Printable Bulldog dart paper airplane template](https://paperplanejoy.com/templates/bulldog-dart): A free printable A4 template for the Bulldog dart paper airplane: every crease drawn and numbered in the order you fold it, and every step as a picture.
- [Printable Harrier paper airplane template](https://paperplanejoy.com/templates/harrier): A free printable A4 template for the Harrier paper airplane: every crease drawn and numbered in the order you fold it, and every step as a picture.
- [Printable Hammer paper airplane template](https://paperplanejoy.com/templates/hammer): A free printable A4 template for the Hammer paper airplane: every crease drawn and numbered in the order you fold it, and every step as a picture.

## About

- [Privacy policy](https://paperplanejoy.com/privacy): What the Paper Plane extension and this website keep, and where. No accounts, no ads, nothing sold; the extension sends nothing, and the site counts visits anonymously.

## Questions

- Is Paper Plane free? Yes. Paper Plane is a free browser extension, with no ads and no account. Add it to Chrome or Firefox and the plane turns up at the bottom of the page you are on, ready to throw.
- Can I try it before installing? Yes. The plane at the bottom of this page is the one you get. Grab it and throw it, tap it mid-air for a loop, or press F to fly it yourself with the arrow keys.
- Which browsers does it work in? Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, on a computer. On a phone or tablet you can still play on this website: the plane on each page, the Academy and the Daily Flight all work with a finger.
- Will it get in the way? It rests on the bottom edge of the window and never takes off by itself. Start typing or play a big video and it lands and keeps still. Alt+Shift+P (⌥⇧P on a Mac) hides it, and you can snooze it or keep it off a site.
- Does it track what I do? No. The extension has no analytics and sends nothing to any server. It reads only where things are on screen, never what a page says or what you type. Your settings, records and the notes you leave yourself stay in your browser.
- Does it slow pages down? Hardly. Each page gets a 2.5 KB script that only reads your settings. The plane itself loads only in the tab you are looking at, stops redrawing while it rests, and costs nothing in background tabs.
- How is it different from Shimeji and other desktop pets? Shimeji and most browser pets are characters that walk about your pages. Paper Plane is a toy instead: a folded paper plane that rests at the bottom until you throw it, and flies the way a real one does. It never wanders over what you’re reading by itself.
- Can I fold other paper planes? Yes. After a few days of flying, your plane asks for a friend, and you fold new ones yourself, a crease at a time: ten real designs, including the Nakamura lock and Suzanne. The Academy on this site teaches all ten.