Correspondent photo / John D. Bagnola Arthur Griffin of McDonald, 85, has built more than 400 model airplanes from scratch. He made his first one at the age of 8. Some of his models are made with ...

A year ago [Ramy RC] set out on a momentous challenge: to build a 1:21 scale Airbus A380-800 RC model with functional engines, landing gear and all other details. Recently he finished the project and ...

Over the summer last year I took my daughters out to Bong State Recreation Area in Wisconsin. The massive park offers miles and miles of walking and riding trails, large camping areas, a place to ride ...

Jack Bally was a veteran and aviation enthusiast with a knack for building and flying kit planes. His list of builds includes a bush plane and a parasol monoplane. But in 1999, he would take on his ...

Building an airplane is no easy feat, but one man spent 10 years and 10,000 hours painstakingly crafting a 1:60 scale model of Boeing's 777-300ER using nothing but manila folders and glue in what may ...

David Shuster gripped the model airplane with a light hand, his other twirling the propeller for what seemed like ages, twisting up the rubber band that serves as the plane’s power source. The plane ...

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 ...

Last year we caught wind of an interesting aviation concept cooked up by engineers at TU Delft, which consisted of a novel V-shaped design that promises significant efficiency gains over conventional ...