The plane-making process begins with free-flight model airplane plans from the 1950s that Davidson has updated to make structurally superior with modern technology. Next, he creates miniature rib ...

Indoor model flying continues to take flight at Brookside Middle and High School. The school’s Aeronautics Club, also known as the FLOAT program or Future Leaders of Aeronautic Technology, now is in ...

There’s something to be said for a simple wind-up, free flight model airplane. With no controls, it must be built very well to fly well, and with only the limited power of a rubber band, it needs a ...

Kim Stricker has been captivated by radio control, control line and free flight model airplanes since his uncle, Wayne Stricker, taught him to fly them in 1967 in his Boaz, Ill., backyard. Kim ...