Which came first – the plane or the paper plane?

First flight? Paper plane … Photograph: Chris Pancewicz/Alamy

Which came first, paper aeroplanes or aeroplanes? Did children make paper aeroplanes before the aeroplane first flew?

Jon Pilch, Zimbabwe

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