Building a classic model airplane free flight and rubber powered, from an old design from FROG, the widgeon is a nice a small ...

In 1925, Cole Palen was born outside the Town of Poughkeepsie and early on, developed an intense interest in aviation. Initially building free-flight model airplanes, Palen enrolled in the Roosevelt ...

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 ...

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 ...

The airplanes are so detailed, they look ready to board. But at 12 inches to a few feet in length, the scale models made by Fullerton-based Pacific Miniatures, know also as PacMin, are instead a ...

Mark Zook of Calcutta poses next to his plane Saturday at the fun fly and exhibition hosted by the Mahoning County Model Aircraft Club at the Shaker Woods grounds in Columbiana. (Photo by Bill Koch) ...

Airplane enthusiasts took to the skies on Saturday as the Fox Valley Aero Club offered its annual Festival of Flight public demonstration in St. Charles featuring a variety of model aircraft flown by ...

NEW YORK (AP) — In America, businessmen shake hands. In Japan, they bow. But all over the world airline executives engage in a greeting that is all their own: the exchange of model airplanes. When ...

Hear that buzz? It's the sound of drones sweeping the nation — literally. Increasingly cheap and easy to fly, quadcopters and other flying contraptions are introducing thousands to the joy of flight — ...

WEST HAVERSTRAW - Dozens of aircraft took to the sky near the Hudson River on Saturday doing twists, flips and dives. They weren't West Point flight cadets-in-training or even full-sized planes. The ...