This is an amazing flying wing project, using classic balsa wood construction and covering. You can learn more in the ...

The unique tree started me thinking about those balsa wood airplane gliders kids played with for decades as early as the 1930s and even today.

Decades ago, every kid threw balsa wood gliders into the air to witness a few precious seconds of flight. In this age of electronic everything, kids and adults alike still embrace the balsa wood ...

[Jude] also explores experiments that can be run in the wind tunnel, such as working with a small balsa wood glider and measuring the lift it generates with a scale.

The gliders, a few Balsa sticks and some glue, are the final project of Aeronautics 315, a course designed to introduce cadets to the fundamental science of flight.

Power tools, plumbing supplies and cleaning products are a few of the staples at the 50-year-old family-run Lunada Bay Hardware Store. Dustin Branjes of Redondo Beach and his sister Diana Newton re… ...