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Old 11th Dec 2003, 03:46
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Make your own Origami Concorde

Instructions are on the BBC Bristol Concorde site here.

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Great link! ill be sure to empty the fax at work tomorrow.
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I got confused on the 2nd instruction
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Mine looks more like a chicken
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I think origami should be taught to all boys at school.

I remember a mate in an American bar who took a one dollar bill from an attractive woman and made a complicated but impressive butterfly. Even though he looked more like Russell Grant than Hugh Grant, he scored.

Here's one... http://www.josephwu.com/Files/JPEG/butterfly3.jpg
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Doh!

Made it all the way up to the droopy nose before screwing it up and turning it into a meteorite and hurling it across the room

Think i'll go for an hours meditation before trying again

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Old 12th Dec 2003, 21:49
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Talking

All Done!

Now all I've got to do is find a set of Olympus engines to staple on, sit back and watch this baby go!!!!

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Congratulations!

You are now a pilot.
<throws another piece of paper in the bin>

Bl**dy hell, it's easier to do a PPL...
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The folds were easy. The pictorial presentation not so good to understand what was needed. Much better if they had used standard origami diagrams, symbols & shading.


Guess who did origami as a hobby?

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Like the wing shape.

Mine flys like it was designed by a committee, OH! That's right, it was...
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