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.

but Dutch teenager Jesse van Kuijk has become one of the rare few to make it happen with his pedal-powered plane made out of balsa wood, polyurethane, and rip-resistant foil. The most impressive part?

THERE WAS BALSA WOOD. IT’S BASICALLY GLUE ... has sparked imaginations and sent millions of model airplanes soaring — from living room launches to backyard dogfights. Founded in 1926 by ...

The unique tree started me thinking about those balsa wood airplane gliders kids played ... Later Guillow began refining his model aircraft into modern streamline designs. With a little lead ...

An airplane with no propeller and wings that go ... about this stuff and watching videos of prototypes. While most models we can currently build are not as efficient as their propeller-powered ...

The simplest and cheapest were the little 10-cent models that came in two pieces ... in time I was able to buy a big monster of a balsa wood plane called “The Hornet.” It had a plastic ...

Balsa wood has long been revered for its strength and lightweight composition, two properties that make it ideal for building model structures and airplanes. Researchers from the US and China have ...

Airplane enthusiasts took to the skies on Saturday as the Fox Valley Aero Club offered its annual Festival of Flight public ...

The end of the school year represents the start of camp season, and the local chapter of the Experimental Aircraft ...

That's balsa for you. You may remember this ultralight-weight wood from model plane kits in childhood. Bring this material out of the mothballs to make an impressive marquetry-style wooden table ...

Soft balsa wood is one of the most frequently utilized core materials in a sandwich structure. It is mostly used in items such as turbine blades, boats, and airplanes. Most balsa wood used in ...