Pterygota Paper Airplane Tutorial

I had designed an origami bug for my preschool bug loving students many years ago and I recall finding out that it had some potential as a plane. Unfortunately after the many years of not practicing the folding sequence…. I forgot how I folded it, and considered that it was lost to time like so many of my other inventions…. Until I discovered one such specimen was preserved in storage. “Jurassic Park” vibes aside, I was able to reverse engineer the plane and upgrade this model into something worthy enough to share with the world! It uses an origami Waterbomb Base formula and the front appendages serve as shock-absorbers that almost look like the pontoon landing gear of a sea-faring plane. This makes the plane naturally last longer during play, and my current students at Hale Keiki School have confirmed this new model’s legit use and fun-factor as a paper plane. I finally came up with a name for this plane a full two decades since creating it: Pterygota, the scientific name for “flying insect” (and yes, I am aware that insects have 6 legs, not 2, but this is a humble origami plane, soo... Pterygota, enjoy)! For those looking for the name of the plane online, it’s Pterygota, not… Terigoda Terygota Pterigoda Pterigota Tery Teri Ptery Pteri Goda Gota