A balsa wood glider is really easy to make despite the physics involved in its flight. Make one yourself and have a ton of fun. In this video, I explain how to make it from the beginning. In this ...

ARGUING THAT LIFE EVOLVED WITHOUT INTELLIGENT GUIDANCE, say the people who believe in “intelligent design theory,” is akin to arguing that a tornado hitting a junkyard could create a Boeing 747. So, I ...

Clifton Park, New York — In the spring of 2004, a truck driver named Joe Macken descended his basement stairs in Clifton Park, New York, with a simple idea: to see if he could build something cool out ...

Aircraft For Sale's "Today's Top Pick" is a 1978 Cessna 152, evoking the author's nostalgia for the model as their first flight trainer. The aircraft is presented as an ideal and economical personal ...

Abstract: This paper develops and compares two stochastic strategies that manage glider flight in a dynamic environment, to tackle an open problem concerning the necessity, applicability, complexity, ...

West End Wings Remote Control Flying Club will hold its 42nd annual Father’s Day Remote Control Air Show on Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. at 249 Mayfield Drive, Effort. The event will include various ...

Abstract: Instrumented ocean moorings are the gold standard for gathering in situ measurements at a fixed location in the ocean. Because they require installation by ...

Man who carved scale model of New York City piece by piece gets museum debut Beginning in 2004, Joe Macken carved all five boroughs of New York City out of balsa wood, every site and stadium, and ...