Hobbyists who spend countless hours and hundred of dollars to build giant-scale model airplanes reflecting more than 80 years of aviation history – from biplanes to jets – look forward to one thing. A ...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- In the cutthroat and intricate business of model airplanes, some aircraft manufacturers compete with model-makers and will also sell scale models of their airplanes. Boeing's on ...

Driven by the motto "Bigger is better," fans of remote-controlled model airplanes are taking their hobby to extremes. But, with model planes that are nearly half the size of the real thing, a crash ...

CHENANGO BRIDGE – Model airplanes swirled, spiraled and swooped as their motors hummed Sunday for the 30th annual Giant Scale Fun-Fly event hosted by the Binghamton Aeros club. Sunday was the second ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Forty giant scale model planes will fly over the Sylvania Conservation Area in West Sunbury on Saturday. The all-day event marks the 40th anniversary of the Butler Aircraft ...

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 ...

LAS CRUCES - Fred Upshaw, a police officer by trade, describes himself as a military aircraft fan who spends almost every weekend — in good weather and if the wind is not blowing — flying his F4U ...

The Fox Valley Aero Club started flying large model aircraft in the 1930s. Seventy years later, the hobby has taken off, forcing members to find a new home near St. Charles. In the next few months, ...

The 2015 Aerobatics Challenge featuring giant-scale model aerobatic airplanes flown by 60 pilots from all over Florida, and as far away as Canada, is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 28, and 9 a.m.

One of the Museum's most popular models, this replica of the Johnson Monoplane was built in 1959 by Julius and Harry Johnson—who designed and built the original aircraft in 1910. Among the historic ...