In the land of origami, a group of Elementary school children have seen their dream become a reality as they launched the giant structure to fly over 40 metres. The project was run by the Hiroshima Prefectural Assembly for Youth Development, which every year tries to make school childrens imaginative dreams come true (a bit like Jim'll fix it). Source All-Japan Blogspot.

This year Ikeda Tomohiro, a sixth grader at Minami Elementary School in Fuchu City, and four friends sent in their dream: "We want to make the biggest paper airplane in the world. Tomohiro loves origami (paper folding) and making things. In October 2005 his dream was selected to come true, and the paper airplane project began.