The Iron Maiden Ed Force One jumbo jet is a marvel, transporting the band, their crew and many of the production elements from their often elaborate stage shows from location to location with relative ...

It was over casual dinner conversation in 1988 that Ken Casser first heard of an aerodrome in Port Washington - an unvarnished, open field for flying remote-controlled model airplanes and helicopters.

Model airplanes have come a long way from the days when you stood in your backyard and the little buzzing plane whirled around on a string. These days, remote-controlled model airplanes are often ...

Airplane enthusiasts took to the skies on Saturday as the Fox Valley Aero Club offered its annual Festival of Flight public demonstration in St. Charles featuring a variety of model aircraft flown by ...

The airplanes are so detailed, they look ready to board. But at 12 inches to a few feet in length, the scale models made by Fullerton-based Pacific Miniatures, know also as PacMin, are instead a ...

FARMINGTON — Once a month, the gym at Piedra Vista High School's Jerry A. Conner Fieldhouse is filled with the buzzing of tiny airplanes. That's because a group of model airplane pilots armed with ...

Last year we caught wind of an interesting aviation concept cooked up by engineers at TU Delft, which consisted of a novel V-shaped design that promises significant efficiency gains over conventional ...

In America, businessmen shake hands. In Japan, they bow. But all over the world, airline executives engage in a greeting all their own: the exchange of model airplanes. When airlines start flying to ...

A year ago [Ramy RC] set out on a momentous challenge: to build a 1:21 scale Airbus A380-800 RC model with functional engines, landing gear and all other details. Recently he finished the project and ...

Mark Zook of Calcutta poses next to his plane Saturday at the fun fly and exhibition hosted by the Mahoning County Model Aircraft Club at the Shaker Woods grounds in Columbiana. (Photo by Bill Koch) ...