The model airplane and balsa wood glider company Guillow's has been headquartered in Wakefield for nearly a century.

I never actually computed my hours of flight time, but I know it was pretty substantial. In spring of years past, as the weather warmed up, boy, oh boy, did I ever put planes into the air. Remember ...

This is our first balsa wood kit, really proud and excited to announce the new Tanár, a kit for beginners but also for whoever wants to have some fun with a balsa wood rc plane like this. We have been ...

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 ...

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

MELBOURNE — One of America's foremost model airplane builders carefully assembles balsa-wood aircraft inside his garage near the Indian River Lagoon, adding to his wall of plaques and trophies dating ...

Ornithopters look silly. They look like something that shouldn’t work. An airplane with no propeller and wings that go flappy-flappy? No way that thing is going to fly. There are, however, a multitude ...

DETROIT -- The 2006 Corvette Z06, the fastest 'Vette ever built, gets its speed from balsa wood. OK, maybe that understates the value of its V-8 and light body, but when building a car that goes from ...

Model airplanes and balsa wood gliders at Guillow's in Wakefield have been made in America for a century. WBZ-TV's Chris ...