I have seen big RC planes in the past, but this is really getting out of hand. I watch these videos of giant scale RC planes—the one above is 85 percent of the original size!—and I have to wonder what ...

These RC airplanes aren’t just big — they’re massive. Watch as some of the largest remote-controlled aircraft take to the skies with incredible precision. From liftoff to landing, it’s a flight show ...

The passion for airplanes never goes away. People involved with the Fox Valley Aero Club already know this. The club's Windy City Warbirds and Classics event wrapped up its three-day event Saturday as ...

Large scale RC aircraft are pleasure to see on the ground and in the air, but putting in the months of effort required to build them requires special dedication. Especially since there is a real ...

NAPOLEON Like unidentified flying objects in the sky, large remote control airplanes that are a fraction of the size of the real ones will be circling around the Thistledown Flyers airfield Saturday.

Although not the first to try and build a DIY solar-powered remote control airplane, [ProjectAir]’s recent attempt is the most significant one in recent memory. It follows [rctestflight]’s multi-year ...

Eurocopter's X3 hybrid helicopter demonstrator combined the full hover flight capabilities of a helicopter with the fast cruise speeds of a turboprop-powered aircraft by basically installing two ...

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 ...

Some Southland forest preserves are for hiking, some offer opportunities for canoeing or kayaking, and others are mostly for wildlife habitat. But one area preserve has been set aside for flying. At ...