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Former college quarterback Joe Ayoob’s athletic arm may have earned him a spot in the Guinness World Records, but not for an accomplishment on the field.
Ayoob threw a paper airplane that soared a remarkable 226 feet, 10 inches, inside the McClellan Air Force Base in California on Sunday. If verified by Guinness World Records, the toss will break the previous indoor record, set in 2003, of 207 feet, 4 inches.
Video of the record-breaking toss, which has caught fire on YouTube, shows the paper plane flying like a football through the hangar, plunging down steeply around the halfway mark and then continuing on to break the past record to much fanfare. Ayoob’s toss exceeded the previous record by about 9 feet.
The 27-year-old, a two-season quarterback for the California Golden Bears, told ESPN that he broke the record on his fourth throw, out of 10 official throws that day.
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Ayoob threw a paper airplane that soared a remarkable 226 feet, 10 inches, inside the McClellan Air Force Base in California on Sunday. If verified by Guinness World Records, the toss will break the previous indoor record, set in 2003, of 207 feet, 4 inches.
Video of the record-breaking toss, which has caught fire on YouTube, shows the paper plane flying like a football through the hangar, plunging down steeply around the halfway mark and then continuing on to break the past record to much fanfare. Ayoob’s toss exceeded the previous record by about 9 feet.
The 27-year-old, a two-season quarterback for the California Golden Bears, told ESPN that he broke the record on his fourth throw, out of 10 official throws that day.
[video=youtube;wedcZp07raE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wedcZp07raE&feature=player_embedded[/video]