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.

Contact Cindy Hval at [email protected] When Mike Moore was a boy growing up in Lima, Ohio, his dad used to take the family to the local airport to watch the planes ... balsa and tissue paper airplane.

THERE WAS BALSA ... model airplane manufacturers in the U.S., producing over 80 model kits and 14 glider types, all from their original Wakefield facility. Made from lightweight balsa wood ...

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.

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 ...