So there was my new balsa wood plane with its wind-up propeller hopelessly stuck high up in a tree in front of a neighbor’s house.

Had that been all, it would have been nothing worse than an obscure mediocrity, but Blackburn had also made it extremely ...

Founded in 1926 by WWI Navy pilot Paul Guillow, the company began with simple gliders sold out of his car. Today, Guillow’s is one of the largest model airplane manufacturers in the U.S., producing ...

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 ...

This is our first balsa wood kit, really proud and excited to announce the new Tanár, a kit for beginners but also for ...

Franklin Z. Widder III was born in Columbia, Pennsylvania on March 29, 1931, to Franklin Z. Widder, Jr. and Edith (Hertzog). He died at home of heart disease on August 26, 2025, at the age of 94. He ...

General aviation pilots are responsible for assembling and maintaining a personalized emergency kit, customized to factors like trip distance, terrain, weather, and personal needs. An effective ...

"Simplify and add lightness." Someone really smart and special to motoring enthusiasts once said something to that tune, we're sure you know who. But because airplanes tend to be, well, massive, it's ...

SINGAPORE – Rapid urine test kits could soon be used by the authorities to detect etomidate, an illicit substance increasingly found in vapes here. This marks another step in a recent clampdown ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Free treats, a nuzzle from a therapy dog and some on-the-spot prizes are all part of Passenger Appreciation Week going on at the Santa Barbara Airport this week. The airport is ...

To manufacture thousands of airplanes for its World War I allies, the United States would fell acres of spruce. Preston Lerner Spruce was essential to the construction of more than 4,000 Curtiss JN-4D ...

The pilot killed in a plane crash June 29 at Ottawa Executive Airport in Zeeland Township lived along the air strip and built the experimental aircraft from a kit, according to reporting from WOOD ...