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.

Lots of kids wish they could build an airplane and fly away ... to make it happen with his pedal-powered plane made out of balsa wood, polyurethane, and rip-resistant foil. The most impressive ...

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 ...