Balsa wood gliders used cost a 10-25 cents apiece, but today start at $1.50 and go up to several dollars. Guillow also makes both un-powered and powered remote control planes from plastic foam ...

Well, now you’re all grown up, how about a grown-up equivalent—in the shapes of these gorgeous wooden gliders. Fortunately, Matthew Tait has put together a new set of toy planes called Turbo ...

Gliders and tow planes line up ahead of me ready for takeoff. Glider pilot George I. Thies. Bob Meyer, 87, of Orange, still fits in his WWII uniform and wears it for talks throughout Orange County.

Nearly 400 cadets got to take flight at the Air Force Academy this month thanks to tiny wooden gliders. They lobbed the things inside an indoor football practice stadium and the best made it 100 ...

They also preferred an airplane constructed from aluminum. Wooden gliders were too fragile to store outside and the cost to hangar them was usually beyond the financial means of these modest flyers.

Reconstructing the D-Day Gliders The Allies used silent wooden gliders to get behind enemy lines before the D-Day landings. Publish Date: 5/22/14 Topic: Military + Espionage Military & Espionage NOVA ...