MUSCAT: Red Bull Paper Wings Oman will be held from March 19 till March 27 and the national final will be held on April 12th in Avenues Mall, a release from the Red Bull said.

Red Bull Paper Wings is a global paper plane championship and the largest Red Bull student participatory event.

The competitors must make a plain sheet of paper fly as far, as long or as artistically through the air as possible.

All national winners of the three categories – longest distance, longest airtime and aerobatics.

Some of the world’s best student pilots will take on their rivals in hundreds of national qualifiers for the chance of winning a spot in the Red Bull Paper Wings World Final next May. This year, tens of thousands of self-trained, student pilots, will put their outstanding creative skills to the test to enter the world’s leading paper plane contest.

Local qualifiers will take place in German University of Technology in Oman, Higher College of Technology, Sultan Qaboos University, and Middle East College.

Through the Red Bull Paper Wings App, students will have the opportunity to learn how to fold different types of paper planes through augmented reality (AR) and help them with the means to measure their distance and time while they practice.

The Red Bull Paper Wings App will also include events geo-localization, sign-up opportunities, games and much more.

Global winners for Distance, Airtime, Aerobatics and Best ranked player of the AR game will get as a prize a Red Bull Air Race Weekend Experience consisting of flight tickets, accommodation, full pass to watch the training and race over the weekend, access to club/sky lounge depending on the race, tour and meet & greet with one of the pilots to winner selected Red Bull Air Race.