This is mostly a question for @avoorman (see his introduction here) though I hope anyone with information in this will share it. Google wasn't all that helpful. 
I assumed something like this? 
But would love to hear more about this interesting story @avoorman! 
http://www.greatpaperairplane.org/the-fly-off-trophy
Well, there are 3 categories: time of flight, distance, and acrobatics. Time of flight being the most prestigious, of course. The tournament was run by red bull paper wings , making me a red bull athlete I think. Representing Quebec in the national paper airplane competition was one of the weirder experiences in my life!
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Good thing you weren't just the acrobatics champion, that would have been very disappointing. 
It's an honor to know a decorated Québec athlete in addition to a Red Bull athlete.
Paper airplane contests are common at Georgia Institute of Technology. Here is a blast from the past:
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