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 ...

The Volantex TrainStar Epoch is an rc trainer airplane, with a wingspan of 1100 mm (43.3 in). Made out epo foam and plastic ...

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 ...

These aren't your granddaddy's model airplanes. They fly on their own power up to 400 feet up. They have wingspans of five to 20 feet. Some of them go 200 mph. And the guys who control them via radio ...

Radio-controlled airplanes propelled by battery-powered motors and internal-combustion engines will be on display in Yakima Saturday. Model aircraft including civilian and military models of ...

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 ...

The Oregon Miniature Aircraft Squadron will sponsor its 28th annual Radio-Controlled Model Aircraft Air Show on Aug. 8 and 9 at the OMAS Flying Field. The show will take place 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. both ...

Aiken skies will be filled with miniature planes Saturday as local pilots navigate their radio-controlled aircraft up to 400 feet in the air. The Aiken Radio Control Society will hold its third free ...

The Charlotte Aeromodelers Club is a group of about 135 radio-controlled airplane enthusiasts who meet every weekend, and many weekdays, to fly model planes. Members, from all around the Charlotte ...

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 ...

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.