David Shuster gripped the model airplane with a light hand, his other twirling the propeller for what seemed like ages, twisting up the rubber band that serves as the plane’s power source. The plane ...

Staff photo / J.T. Whitehouse Mahoning County Model Club member Ted Russell of Poland demonstrates his “rubber-band powered” model plane. He is the only one in the club with a fleet of rubber band ...

Mark Zook of Calcutta poses next to his plane Saturday at the fun fly and exhibition hosted by the Mahoning County Model Aircraft Club at the Shaker Woods grounds in Columbiana. (Photo by Bill Koch) ...

Airplane enthusiasts took to the skies on Saturday as the Fox Valley Aero Club offered its annual Festival of Flight public demonstration in St. Charles featuring a variety of model aircraft flown by ...

One of Josh Pluck’s earliest childhood memories is with a model airplane. He watched as his father pumped 192 pounds of air into an Air Hogs Sky Shark. The pressurized plane was a free flyer that ...