Balsa wood has long been revered for its strength and lightweight composition, two properties that make it ideal for building model structures and airplanes. Researchers from the US and China have ...

An airplane with no propeller and wings that go ... This allowed the tiny balsa dinosaur to really take off, flying long enough to have some very close encounters with buildings and trees.

His fascination with wood wings began at age seven, when he started assembling balsa wood airplanes. Now he does the real deal. “I’ve never been rich, so I’ve always had to build my own ...

SKYWARD. BEFORE THERE WERE SCREENS, THERE WERE SKIES. BEFORE TIKTOKS, THERE WERE TAILSPINS AND BEFORE BATTERIES. THERE WAS BALSA WOOD. IT’S BASICALLY GLUE. A LITTLE BIT OF SANDPAPER AND THAT ...

Nicole Estaphan brings us all things “sky-high" ...