John Collins

John Collins

Guinness World Record Holder

CA, US
Guinness World Record holder and internationally award winning paper airplane designer who brings astonishing aerial entertainment.

Google Zeitgeist, Intuit, and Genetech are among my clients. Conan, Nat Geo, Discovery, ESPN, Hallmark, Science Channel, and the NFL network have all profiled my exploits. 

Clients include: Google, Genentech, Intuit, Sony, Singapore Science Center, Exploratorium, Parents Education Network, and many more.

I've changed the way paper airplane distance records will be broken in the future.

My YouTube channel has 7.3 million views. 

April/May of 2015:  Nucleus product launch (Las Vegas), Red Bull World Finals Aeorbatics Judge (Salzburg Austria), 10th Maker Faire featured speaker (San Mateo, CA), CR8 World Summit (Shenzhen, China)

A speaker at Google Zeitgeist 2013, I was also proud to speak at PS4's year end event. I traveled to Brazil for TV Globo in 2013. 

Book Expo America in New York marked the beginning of a string of large scale appearances.  Bio 2006, an international biotech convention, followed; along with Re: Think 2007.  The Singapore Science Center, The Exploratorium, The Tech Museum, The Green School in Bali, The Sonoma Center for the Arts, The Hiller Aviation Museum, and of course, schools and bookstores all hosted air shows by The Paper Airplane Guy in 2008.

In 2009, the largest national conference for parents and educators of children who learn differently: Parents Education Network invited The Paper Airplane Guy. Singapore Science Center, Evergreen Aviation Museum, Hiller Aviation Museum, The Tech Museum, Maker Fair and Mobius Children's Museum were also among The Paper Airplane Guy's clients for 2009.


Writing the first book, The Gliding Flight, became easier after winning an international origamic aircraft competition. The original ideas and designs painstakingly documented had now been proven in the international arena. In 1989, The Gliding Flight was launched, along with what would become a speaking and presenting career. Years of television directing and producing helped craft a style that invites the audience in, and holds them fascinated.

At first, schools, libraries, and book stores were the natural solicitors of The Paper Airplane Guy's talents. By the time Fantastic Flight took off in 2002, The Paper Airplane Guy had scores of speaking engagements under his belt, along with three national television appearances, and more than a dozen local television spots. A few science museum appearances had also been racked up, but it wasn't until 2005 that the first big convention invitation arrived.

The Paper Airplane Guy was born and raised in California, and is currently living in the San Francisco Bay area; where he splits his time between producing television, windsurfing, and making world class paper airplanes.

The Paper Airplane Guy is ready to give wings to your next event. As the the Guinness World Record Holder for distance, he's got the right stuff. It's all folded and ready to fly.

Google Zeitgeist, Intuit, and Genetech are among my clients. Conan, Nat Geo, Discovery, ESPN, Hallmark, Science Channel, and the NFL network have all profiled my exploits. 

Clients include: Google, Genentech, Intuit, Sony, Singapore Science Center, Exploratorium, Parents Education Network, and many more.

I've changed the way paper airplane distance records will be broken in the future.

My YouTube channel has 7.3 million views. 

April/May of 2015:  Nucleus product launch (Las Vegas), Red Bull World Finals Aeorbatics Judge (Salzburg Austria), 10th Maker Faire featured speaker (San Mateo, CA), CR8 World Summit (Shenzhen, China)

A speaker at Google Zeitgeist 2013, I was also proud to speak at PS4's year end event. I traveled to Brazil for TV Globo in 2013. 

Book Expo America in New York marked the beginning of a string of large scale appearances.  Bio 2006, an international biotech convention, followed; along with Re: Think 2007.  The Singapore Science Center, The Exploratorium, The Tech Museum, The Green School in Bali, The Sonoma Center for the Arts, The Hiller Aviation Museum, and of course, schools and bookstores all hosted air shows by The Paper Airplane Guy in 2008.

In 2009, the largest national conference for parents and educators of children who learn differently: Parents Education Network invited The Paper Airplane Guy. Singapore Science Center, Evergreen Aviation Museum, Hiller Aviation Museum, The Tech Museum, Maker Fair and Mobius Children's Museum were also among The Paper Airplane Guy's clients for 2009.


Writing the first book, The Gliding Flight, became easier after winning an international origamic aircraft competition. The original ideas and designs painstakingly documented had now been proven in the international arena. In 1989, The Gliding Flight was launched, along with what would become a speaking and presenting career. Years of television directing and producing helped craft a style that invites the audience in, and holds them fascinated.

At first, schools, libraries, and book stores were the natural solicitors of The Paper Airplane Guy's talents. By the time Fantastic Flight took off in 2002, The Paper Airplane Guy had scores of speaking engagements under his belt, along with three national television appearances, and more than a dozen local television spots. A few science museum appearances had also been racked up, but it wasn't until 2005 that the first big convention invitation arrived.

The Paper Airplane Guy was born and raised in California, and is currently living in the San Francisco Bay area; where he splits his time between producing television, windsurfing, and making world class paper airplanes.

The Paper Airplane Guy is ready to give wings to your next event. As the the Guinness World Record Holder for distance, he's got the right stuff. It's all folded and ready to fly.