Thousands of Southern Arizona students and teachers set a new world record by simultaneously launching more than 1,700 rubber band-powered paper airplanes at a Math, Science and Technology Funfest sponsored by Raytheon. The previous record was 88 airplanes.

More than 6,000 students participated in a variety of activities at the sixth annual event held Nov. 5 - 7 at the Tucson Convention Center. In addition to Raytheon, other partners collaborating on the Funfest were IBM, Honeywell and the University of Arizona.

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