John Fraser Hart grinned as he examined a World War II model aircraft for the first time in 20, maybe 30 years. âÄúI loved to watch [the real ones],âÄù he said. The University of Minnesota geography ...

When I was a teenager, I used to build model airplanes. I spent all my pocket money on kits full of unpainted, unassembled plastic. I wasn’t very good at that hobby, but at least I can appreciate the ...

FORD ISLAND (KHNL) - It's called "The Biggest Little Air Show on Ford Island." Massive remote controlled model military aircraft dating from world war two are on display before the big show. The Birds ...

CEDAR RAPIDS - The story of Major Robert M. Horsky can be told through his planes. The United States Air Force veteran and Cedar Rapids native, who died in the skies over Vietnam in 1965, built model ...

LAS CRUCES - Fred Upshaw, a police officer by trade, describes himself as a military aircraft fan who spends almost every weekend — in good weather and if the wind is not blowing — flying his F4U ...

World War II was such an all-encompassing conflict that nearly everyone was involved in one way or another. In the United States, civilians gathered scrap metal and other materials for the war effort, ...