Not sure if you already have plans this weekend, but THIS GUY is coming to the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum.

He's the Paper Airplane Guy. Stop snickering. Paper airplanes are cool. I have been mildly obsessed with them since childhood, when I tried to make every plane in my Usborne Book of Paper Airplanes*, with a pretty low level of success. To this day, I still really enjoy folding up things and throwing them across the room.

The Paper Airplane Guy is one John Collins, and according to the press release:

Collins, who has been featured on CNN, Discovery Channel’s “Next Step” and CBS’ “This Morning,” can create paper airplanes that scream across the room or gently glide through the air. Some have a landing gear, some circle back, some are canard designs, some flap their wings and some even fly for a half hour or more.

Holy shit. A half hour or more?

Okay, I admit it. I am still nine years old.

Paper Airplane Guy will be at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum (500 NE Captain Michael King Smith Way, McMinnville) this Saturday, February 28. He will be giving FREE demonstrations and signing books at 1 and 3 pm.

*about which I can now find nothing on the internet. It was such a cool book! I had a Usborne book about spying, too, which was the best thing ever. What happened to Usborne? Does anybody else share these memories?