Browsing through hobby shops and online catalogs, builders of model aircraft come across several familiar scales. The most common kits are usually 1/48-scale, but modelers can also opt for 1/32-scale ...

The PHA-ZE 100 1:9 scale model showcases how the amphibious aircraft will alight on its flying-boat hull, supported by underwing outrigger floats. The full-size aircraft will include retractable ...

Swiss start-up Jekta plans next month to begin flight testing a scale model of the amphibious hydrogen-electric passenger aircraft it aims to bring to market next decade. The company released images ...

No reader of this thread would not have heard of the legendary IL-2 Shturmovik ground attack aircraft which along with the T-34 tank and Yak series fighters helped win the war on the Eastern Front in ...

I have been to many big airshows including Farnborough, Dubai, Reno and Duxford, and I have to say that as a former fighter pilot, this display was right up there in terms of “wow” factor. Eleven of ...

DURING his working life as a pilot Laurie Talbot couldn’t get enough of flying. During the day he was behind the controls in the cockpit and in his leisure time he was flying scale model aircraft with ...

Last year we caught wind of an interesting aviation concept cooked up by engineers at TU Delft, which consisted of a novel V-shaped design that promises significant efficiency gains over conventional ...