The world’s largest RC Boeing 777-9X weighs 630 lbs., and its takeoff makes model aviation look like real aerospace testing

Popular aviation builder Ramy RC has flown a self-described “world’s largest” remote-control Boeing 777-9X, a fully electric ...
Flying

Kettering Model Aircraft Collection Undergoes Conservation

Eugene Kettering, a philanthropist and co-founder of the Air Force Museum (now the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force), donated his extensive collection of 624 delicate, scratch-built model ...
Daily Inter Lake

Two local teens taking the world of model jet competitions by storm

Patrick Rohrbach and his F-16 turbine model painted in the scheme of the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds. (Photo provided) Josh Clark has picked up several awards for his RC jets at shows around the ...
The Aviationist

A Closer Look at Scaled Composites’ Proteus and Sierra Experimental Aircraft

The Model 281 Proteus and Model 401 Sierra were on static display at Nellis Air Force Base for Aviation Nation 2025. Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, hosted the Aviation Nation 2025 airshow on Apr. 5-6, ...
Flightglobal

Northrop releases first flight video of Scaled Composites Model 437 low-cost jet

US defence manufacturer Northrop Grumman says subsidiary Scaled Composites has successfully flown a low-cost, single-engined piloted jet called the Model 437 Vanguard. US defence manufacturer Northrop ...
The National Interest

The F-19 Fighter Never Was: But a Model Kit Still Worried Lawmakers

The Stealth Fighter That Never Went in the Air: In the 1980s, Testor released a model kit of the “F-19 Stealth Fighter,” a fictional aircraft that caused a stir among lawmakers and the public. Rumors: ...