Soaring for volunteer hospice

RC airplane modelers host benefit on Sept. 11

Assembling model planes is easy -- flying is the hard part

Remote-control model airplane piloting is a relatively inexpensive sport to get into. Model kits can be purchased online or in hobby stores and range in price from $25 to more than $3,000. Some hobbyists build their planes from scratch, but most purchase what are called ARF kits (Almost Ready to Fly) in which the planes come covered and decorated.

Remote-controlled model airplanes roll in for annual event

Nestled among the woods of South Park is a quiet stretch of land known as Jack Coates Memorial Field. Unlike other grassy patches in the park, this one has a landing strip down the center. Most days the gates leading up to it are locked with access limited to day hikers and mountain bikers who traverse the trails that cross and surround it.

New Heights In UAV Damage Tolerance Flight Testing

Denver CO (SPX) Aug 27, 2010 - Rockwell Collins have unveiled the results of successful flight tests with dramatically increasing levels of damage on an unmanned F/A-18 subscale model air vehicle. The results were discussed during a news briefing at AUVSI's Unmanned Systems North America 2010 exhibition in Denver. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) sponsored the flight ...

Biplane, Remote-Control Plane Collide Over Brighton

The FAA is investigating a mid-air collision between a biplane and a remote-control plane at a charity air show in Brighton.