A flight instructor and student in a Robinson R22 helicopter successfully retrieved a crashed RC model airplane from treetops. The article raises questions about the safety and prudence of this ...

Rancho San Antonio Park pulls in countless people from all across the South Bay to travel along its network of trails through a slice of pristine open space. While many park visitors are focusing ...

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 ...

The fastest remote-controlled airplane flight ever recorded took place in 2018, with a top speed of 545 miles/hour. That’s 877 km/h, or Mach 0.77! What was the limiting factor, preventing the ...

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 ...

[PeterSripol] has made an RC model airplane but instead of using normal wings he decided to try getting it to fly using some KFC chicken buckets instead. Two KFC buckets in the place of wings were ...

Many readers may fondly recall building rubber-band-powered balsa wood model airplanes. While the things were kinda cool, they didn't fly for long, nor could they be remotely controlled. Such is not ...

After attracting 35 pilots and more than 100 spectators to its Big Bird Fly In last year, the Alvin Radio Control Model Airplane Association is hoping to soar to even greater heights for 2014. "Last ...

Dave Murray, of Elgin, makes his living in the pilot seat aboard United Airlines Boeing 777s, shuttling scores of passengers in a multi-million dollar aircraft between O’Hare Airport and Europe. But ...

JOHNSTOWN – The Lazy Eight Radio Control Model Airplane Club will host its 37th annual air show this weekend. The air show will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. There is a suggested ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A lot of parents are looking for a chance to get closer. Some find it through sports and others find it in other group activities. On a Saturday morning in South Austin, one group ...