Paper Aircraft Released Into Space
The Paper Aircraft Released Into Space (PARIS) project was a privately organized endeavour undertaken by various staff members of the British information technology website The Register to design, build, test, and launch a lightweight aerospace vehicle, constructed mostly of paper and similar structural materials, into the mid-stratosphere and recover it intact.
On 28 October 2010, an aircraft was successfully launched at 90,000 ft (27,000 m)—17 miles up—setting a then world record for "Highest Altitude
Project
Staffers at The Register, inspired by the CU Spaceflight Nova 1 project, formally announced their intention to initiate a project of their own on 30 July 2009.[2] The aircraft's name was selected by a poll of the readers of The Register. was subsequently named Vulture 1[3] (a reference to The Register's own nickname "Vulture Central").[4]
The use of the word "space" in the project's name refers to "
Lester Haines, special projects editor ("
The paper plane was successfully launched on 28 October 2010.[9]
LOHAN
As of 2011,[update] The Register was working on PARIS' successor, named LOHAN (short for "Low Orbit Helium Assisted Navigator"), a balloon-launched rocket-powered aircraft.[10] However, Lester Haines died in 2016 of a heart attack while LOHAN was still awaiting FAA approval, and as of 2023 The Register has yet to publish anything more about it.[11][12][13]
See also
References
- ^ "Highest Altitude Paper Plane Launch". GuinnessWorldRecords.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ "El Reg to launch space paper plane". The Register. 30 July 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
- ^ Haines, Lester (31 July 2009), "The El Reg space plane should be christened.... - Reg Poll Results", The Register, archived from the original on 14 August 2009
- ^ a b "El Reg space paper plane christened Vulture 1". The Register. 10 August 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
- ^ "FAI Sporting Code: General Sections 2010 (PDF)" (PDF). Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. 1 January 2010. p. Glossary 3 (PDF page 52/53). Retrieved 16 July 2010.
- Cambridge University Spaceflight. September 2006. Archived from the originalon 7 June 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
- ^ "UK uni rocket payload test hits 105,600ft". The Register. 18 September 2006. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
- ^ a b "El Reg to Launch Space Payload". The Register. 10 August 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
- ^ "Paper Plane Launched into Space Captures Earth Images". BBC News. 11 November 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
- ^ "El Reg to Unleash Rocket-Powered Spaceplane". The Register. 7 July 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
- ^ "The Life and Times of Lester Haines". The Register. 27 December 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- ^ "LOHAN sponsor knocks up nifty iMac fish tank". The Register. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- ^ "LOHAN". The Register. 27 December 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2023.