When star athletes retire or are cut loose from their contracts, itβs anybodyβs guess where theyβll end up.
For former quarterback Mark Brunell, 19 seasons in the NFL led him to a pretty predictable second career in coaching. But heβs been up to some other stuff, and this you wonβt believe:
The Sun is reporting that Brunell has teamed up with an aviation engineer named Andy Currey and the duo are vying for a World Record of the longest flight⦠of a paper airplane.
The attempt will occur October 24th in London, and the number to beat is an insane 70 meters, or just under 230 feet β longer than Brunell ever threw a football in his career.
But heβs bringing his skills to the effort nonetheless, pairing his knowledge of βspeed, strength and momentumβ with Curreyβs design acumen. Incidentally, Currey, an engineer with Virgin Atlantic, held the World Record once before though itβs currently in the hands of another engineer and quarterback duo: In 2012, the self-proclaimed βPaper Airplane Guy,β origami expert John Collins, teamed up with former Cal quarterback Joe Ayoob β Collins as the folder and Ayoob as the thrower.
This latest attempt by Brunell and Currey will be livestreamed on Facebook, and Currey says heβll be using a standard A4 sheet of paper, transported to the undisclosed βlaunch siteβ in an airtight plastic bag to preserve its integrity.
Unfortunately for these two, even if they accomplish their feat, it wonβt be officially recognized by the Guiness Book, as it wonβt be verified by their standards. Instead, the event is more of a promotion for the NFL London Games, which Virgin Atlantic is sponsoring, and fans are being invited to submit a guess as to how far the airplane will travel in the live toss, with the winner receiving a trip to the Pro Bowl.
