Following NASA’s recent results with truss-braced wing airplanes and the benefits this could bring to full-sized airplanes, [Think Flight] figured that if it helps with those airplanes, perhaps it may ...

Joshua Jung, 23, started building airplane models out of cardstock at 13. Now, he's sharing his collection with active pilots Joshua Jung, 23, has been making airplane models out of cardstock since he ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Some Kansas teachers spent some time learning how to build model airplanes on Wednesday. The lesson was part of the We Build It Better classroom curriculum. The goal is for the ...

Building a classic model airplane free flight and rubber powered, from an old design from FROG, the widgeon is a nice small first experience for anyone starting in the hobby. It uses balsa wood and ...

Sign up for the Gazette's morning newsletter and get essential news each day. If you build it … you can fly it, too. As Peter Elsea and Jason Lorusso have ...

Flite Test, the festival’s sponsor, offers kits to build anything from simple trainer aircraft to multi-engine warbird replicas from inexpensive foam-backed posterboard. Simple materials and ...

Ever since he was a little boy, dreaming of being a pilot, Collin Tatusko has enjoyed building model airplanes, ships and tanks. “I always wanted to fly for the military and model building was a way ...

EDGEMONT — Jorli “J.C.” Sikes of Edgemont is making model airplanes again, a hobby he enjoyed more than 75 years ago when he was a boy. “Then I went into the Air Force, and they gave me a real one to ...

The wing sitting on sawhorses seems reminiscent of an episode out of childhood where the product of balsa and glue awaited the application of fabric and varnish before taking first flight. Only this ...