A Texas man folded 250 paper airplanes in an hour - an average of four per minute - and proved they could fly to attempt a Guinness World Record.
Tyler resident Richard DeFreece, who first applied to Guinness World Records two years ago, said he received approval for his official attempt in December 2025 and made his record attempt on Saturday.
DeFreece managed to fold 250 paper airplanes in the allotted time, breaking the target of 200 set by Guinness World Records.
Each plane was tested by an official at the end of the effort to ensure that all were fit to fly, the Telegraph reports.
"I feel fantastic. It's a lot of hard work and practice that it took to achieve this and I'm happy to achieve the record," DeFreece told the Tyler Morning Telegraph.
He said breaking a world record is an early goal.
"I've always wanted to break a world record and I started thinking, 'What can I do?' because I'm not the fastest or the strongest, so I started looking at unknown records. I contacted Guinness and they said the record was 200 for paper airplanes and I said, 'Okay, I think I can break that,'" DeFreece said.
The evidence from DeFreece's attempt must now be reviewed by Guinness World Records to become official. /Telegraph/
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