Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium, Goa witnessed the return of the 5th
edition of Red Bull Paper Wings 2019- the largest paper plane competition after
a gap of 4 years. The tournament saw around 160 enthusiastic participants from
across Goa in both the categories – long distance and long airtime. The
participants prepared artistically designed paper planes to vie for a place in
the national finals.
Omkar Rai and Shahid
Langde, students of Goa College of Engineering, who were triumphant in the
Longest Distance and Longest Airtime categories respectively, now get an
exciting opportunity of competing in the National Finals in April.
All national final
winners will then move on to represent India at the World Final in Austria in
the iconic Hangar-7, where the world champions will be crowned.
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Red Bull Paper Wings
invites students from around the world to a global paper plane championship
which is now the largest Red Bull student participatory event.
Goa Qualifier Results:
Longest Distance:
Omkar Rai- 25.2 m
Longest
Airtime: Shahid Langde- 5.49 m
