Students to represent Oman at international competition

Times News Service

MUSCAT: Red Bull Paper Wings is a global paper plane championship and the largest Red Bull student participatory event.

The idea is simple and ingenious at the same time - students must make a plain sheet of paper fly as far, as long or as artistically through the air as possible. All national winners of the three categories – Longest Distance, Longest Airtime and Aerobatics participate in the World Finals.

Some of the world’s best student pilots will take on their rivals in hundreds of national qualifiers for the chance of winning a spot in the Red Bull Paper Wings World Final to be held in May.

This year, tens of thousands of self-trained, student pilots, put their outstanding creative skills to the test and entered the world’s leading paper plane contest.

Qualifiers

The local qualifiers were held at the German University of Technology in Oman, Higher College of Technology, Sultan Qaboos University, and Middle East College, from March 19 leading to March 27. The National Final was held on April 12 at the Oman Avenues Mall. The winners of the National Finals in the categories Distance, Airtime and Aerobatics were Said Abdullah, Ali Moos, and Maher Al Mandhari, respectively.

Through the Red Bull Paper Wings App, students were able to learn how to fold different types of paper planes through augmented reality (AR), and the means to measure their distance and time while they practiced.