The model airplane and balsa wood glider company Guillow's has been headquartered in Wakefield for nearly a century.

This is our first balsa wood kit, really proud and excited to announce the new Tanár, a kit for beginners but also for ...

This is our first balsa wood kit, really proud and excited to announce the new Tanár, a kit for beginners but also for ...

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. Such is not ...

From left: John Robison, Matt Druckerhammer and Floyd Czoski fly a One Nite28 balsa wood airplane, a Thermic B glider and a Thermic 18 glider respectively on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020 at the South Hill ...

Lots of kids wish they could build an airplane and fly away, 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, ...

Which model airplane kit is best? Model airplane kits come in a vast variety of styles and detailed constructions. They aren’t just a few wooden planks that click together and barely float anymore.

I never actually computed my hours of flight time, but I know it was pretty substantial. In spring of years past, as the weather warmed up, boy, oh boy, did I ever put planes into the air. Remember ...

On cue, eight boys sent their ultralight balsa wood airplanes sailing. The fifth- and sixth-graders looked up in awe, murmuring an occasional “Wow” and “Whoa,” as their rubber-band-powered creations ...

Model airplanes and balsa wood gliders at Guillow's in Wakefield have been made in America for a century. WBZ-TV's Chris ...