paper airplane
n.— «The Secretary of the Air Force, Verne Orr, has asserted that the Stealth plane, which Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger is seriously considering as the nation’s next long-range bomber, is “a paper airplane” that is far from development.» —“Air Force Chief Calls The Stealth A ‘Paper Plane’ Far From Reality” by Richard Halloran New York Times July 23, 1981. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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