One of the Museum's most popular models, this replica of the Johnson Monoplane was built in 1959 by Julius and Harry Johnson—who designed and built the original aircraft in 1910. Among the historic ...

Many of us begin our aviation careers by building model aircraft— and some never stop. That would have described the late Eugene Kettering, an engineer, philanthropist, and first chairman of the Air ...

Ralph Stanton Barnaby Papers, NASM.1987.0048, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution. Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish ...

A real Boeing 777 takes 50 days hundreds of people to build, but one student has created an impressive miniature paper version of the jetliner. Luca Iaconi-Stewart crafted the incredible replica ...

I’ve been building model airplanes since I was a young boy, and I’m still building them. I also collect unbuilt kits of vintage plastic models, and my collection now numbers 690 kits. Over the years, ...

EVERETT — The airplane is in parts — fuselage, wings, engines, control cables, propellers laid out in a hangar corner at the Flying Heritage Collection at Paine Field. More than 7,700 were built. Yet, ...

The Supermarine Spitfire was one of the most innovative WWII planes, earning much respect because of its performance and prowess during key points of the war. Often described as one of the most ...

Planes of Fame Air Museum hosts the Grumman F7F Tigercat flight demonstration, the 8th Annual Ed Maloney Scale Model Contest, and Hangar Talk on November 1, 2025. Experience historic aircraft, aerial ...

China-based Quanum is offering a bomb system called “Bombs Away” for radio-controlled model airplanes that can be installed “in seconds” and fits most of the planes with engine size 0.25 or bigger out ...