Many readers may fondly recall building rubber-band-powered balsa wood model airplanes. While the things ... between US companies Nighthawk Gliders and PowerUp Toys. While the former designed ...

The unique tree started me thinking about those balsa wood airplane gliders kids played with for decades as early as the 1930s and even today. Balsa is extremely lightweight and the tree grows up ...

DESIGNER TO COME IN AND DRAW AIRPLANES ... over 80 model kits and 14 glider types, all from their original Wakefield facility. Made from lightweight balsa wood, their kits blend nostalgia with ...

In spring of years past, as the weather warmed up, boy, oh boy, did I ever put planes into the air. Remember the balsa wood gliders that used to be so popular? That’s what I’m talking about.

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for a balsa wood glider launched from our roof. His standard is a swept-wing design, but we’re expecting that his straight wing, either the high or low version, will make the farthest ...

“The balsa wood sounds much different than a foam plane,” he said ... “If you have a glider, the wind can be an advantage,” Clark said. “If you sports fly, it makes things difficult.” ...

Which RC planes are best? Kids start flying with paper gliders they make themselves, then move on to balsa wood gliders that go farther and stay aloft longer. When kids first get into powered ...