A balsa wood glider is really easy to make despite the physics involved in its flight. Make one yourself and have a ton of ...

This is our first balsa wood kit, really proud and excited to announce the new Tanár, a kit for beginners but also for whoever wants to have some fun with a balsa wood rc plane like this. We have been ...

From left: John Robison, Matt Druckerhammer and Floyd Czoski fly a One Nite28 balsa wood airplane, a Thermic B glider and a Thermic 18 glider respectively on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020 at the South Hill ...

Many readers may fondly recall building rubber-band-powered balsa wood model airplanes. While the things were kinda cool, they didn't fly for long, nor could they be remotely controlled. Such is not ...

I never actually computed my hours of flight time, but I know it was pretty substantial. In spring of years past, as the weather warmed up, boy, oh boy, did I ever put planes into the air. Remember ...

Which model airplane kits are best? Model airplane kits are popular with kids and adults of all ages. They depict iconic aircraft from different eras with an extremely high level of detail. If you are ...

Model airplanes have come a long way from the days when you stood in your backyard and the little buzzing plane whirled around on a string. These days, remote-controlled model airplanes are often ...

SKYWARD. BEFORE THERE WERE SCREENS, THERE WERE SKIES. BEFORE TIKTOKS, THERE WERE TAILSPINS AND BEFORE BATTERIES. THERE WAS BALSA WOOD. IT’S BASICALLY GLUE. A LITTLE BIT OF SANDPAPER AND THAT THAT WILL ...

Staff photo / J.T. Whitehouse Mahoning County Model Club member Ted Russell of Poland demonstrates his “rubber-band powered” model plane. He is the only one in the club with a fleet of rubber band ...

You may not know the name Felipe “HarvesteR” Falanghe, the creator and lead developer of the original Kerbal Space Program, but the success the popular space flight simulation game should be proof ...

Suddenly you are following the plane, soaring over a world whose blue skies and green lawns bring back all the right memories of PilotWings. Back to the workshop to add a few flaps or whatever they're ...