For Gilbert’s Izard family, electric radio controlled model airplanes are more than just a hobby: They’re a family tradition. Three generations, from Grandpa Sam Izard, 80, to his grandson, Taylor ...

Dozens of pilots flew their radio controlled planes and performed aerobatics Saturday much to the delight of several hundred spectators. The event was the 18th annual On Top of the World Radio Control ...

What goes up must be controlled by someone down below. At least that’s how it is this weekend with the radio-controlled planes featured at the Academy of Model Aeronautics Expo West at the Fairplex in ...

There exists an idiom in the aviation community: A mile of roadway will take you a mile but a mile of runway will take you around the world. Apalachee Parkway will become a runway to a fun-filled ...

Lufkin Area Radio Control Modelers Club president Gerry Biggs said sometimes pilots do crash land and often times it ends up in the trees. He said three months ago he had to get his deer stand in ...

The Volantex TrainStar Epoch is an rc trainer airplane, with a wingspan of 1100 mm (43.3 in). Made out epo foam and plastic fuselage, it's perfect for beginners. If you buy the pnp version, you'll ...

A balsa wood glider is really easy to make despite the physics involved in its flight. Make one yourself and have a ton of fun. In this video, I explain how to make it from the beginning. In this ...

ATWATER, Calif. (KFSN) -- In Atwater, you might spot small aircraft in the sky on a clear day. The Merced County Radio Control Club normally flies model planes, but on Thursdays, they fly helicopters.

Seventy-five years ago this month, the D-Day invasion to liberate France was kicked off by almost 1,000 C-47 Dakota planes - the military version of the two-engine DC-3 commercial airliner - dropping ...

Visitors will see some of history’s well-known airframes at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force over Labor Day weekend, but they won’t just be the ones inside the galleries. Scale versions of ...

Which model airplane kit is best? Model airplane kits come in a vast variety of styles and detailed constructions. They aren’t just a few wooden planks that click together and barely float anymore.