PORTAGE, MI — Greg Ward began working on gasoline-powered model airplanes when he was 6 years old. For the past 36 years, he’s dedicated his time to piecing together much larger-scale airplane models.

Historic B-17 bombers are undergoing major restorations. Erickson Aircraft replaces wing spars on 44-85718 (Thunderbird), while Yankee Lady and Liberty Belle receive extensive airframe and component ...

The A6M3 Model 32 Zero was resurrected by combining the damaged remains of two aircraft found at Taroa island in the Marshall Islands in early 1990. A Second World War A6M3 Model 32 (Reisen) Zero ...

Museum specialist Chris Reddersen, holding a Spirit of St. Louis model that he and his dad built while Reddersen was in elementary school, got to work on the real thing as a volunteer at the National ...

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.

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A World War I airplane identical to the one that was piloted by the only Wichitan to be awarded an aviation Medal of Honor, Erwin Bleckley, is undergoing restoration in the Air ...

Debate over the location of the airfield and the impact of flying activities on the park’s biological resources has been ongoing for years.

Launching things with electromagnetism is pretty fun, with linear induction motors being a popular design that finds use from everywhere in hobby designs like [Tom Stanton]’s to the electromagnetic ...