Red Bull Paper Wings 2009 Contest Winners

All it took is a piece of paper. It was of secondary importance what form the ordinary piece of paper (80g/m2) took when it took off from the contestant's hand. Meditating, tinkering and testing the aerodynamics were what needed to be done. All forms of assistance or supplementary devices were forbidden in the three categories of the competition - "longest distance", "longest airtime" and "aerobatics".
Solely with the aerobatics round were the hobby engineers allowed to use scissors, glues and other materials.
The winners of Red Bull Paper Wings 2009 Contest are:
Longest Distance - 29.2 meters by Karan Shah of Poddar College, Mumbai
Longest Airtime - 7.16 seconds by Ryan Gibbs of St. Josephs College of Commerce, Bangalore
Aerobatics - Bipin Chinnappa, highest score of 24 (awarded by the Judges), CMR Institute of Management Studies, Bangalore
With the best of the good competing from the five different Indian cities - New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai - in the finals, the tougher the competition was. These pilots who excelled in their respective categories will see themselves on a real plane to Austria in May 2009, for the chance of a lifetime.... to compete in the finals at the awe-inspiring Hanger 7 on the Salzburg runway.
Winners - The winners of Red Bull Paper Wings 2009 Contest, seen L to R are: Bipin Chinnappa (winner of the Aerobatics category, highest score of 24 awarded by the Judges, student of CMR Institute of Management Studies, Bangalore); Ryan Gibbs (winner of Longest Airtime category, 7.16 seconds, student of St. Josephs College of Commerce, Bangalore); Karan Shah (winner of Longest Distance category, 29.2 meters, student of Poddar College, Mumbai)

Participants & red bull team - 45 participants at the National Finals held at Bangalore on March 01, 2009, HAL Airport & red bull team. Sitting below (3, except the yellow jersey), are the winners who will represent India in the World Finals being held in Austria in May 2009
Red Bull Paper Wings 2009 World Finals
The goal is to fly, not land Thousands of pilots, dozens of qualifiers and 85 countries. Paper airplanes are going aloft around the world in an attempt to reach the world finals of the Red Bull Paper Wings 2009 contest. There are three categories for the May 2009 world championship - longest airtime, longest distance and acrobatics.
The dimensions of the competition have nearly doubled in just a short time. There were 48 countries that had national qualifiers in 2006. There are already 85 countries taking part for the second edition of the contest in 2009.