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2. Paul K. Guillow, Inc. - Wikipedia

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   A stick & tissue balsa model airplane under construction, still manufactured by Guillow's. During World War II, the supply of balsa wood was diverted to the war effort for the manufacture of rafts and life jackets. Guillow's was forced to use alternative materials like cardboard or pine wood to manufacture the model kits.

3. Model aircraft - Wikipedia

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   Singapore Airlines Boeing 747-400 scale display model Group of students with their wooden model airplanes in Sonta, Serbia, 1936.. A model aircraft is a physical model of an existing or imagined aircraft, and is built typically for display, research, or amusement.

4. Smyth Sidewinder - Wikipedia

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   Construction of the prototype began in January 1967, taking two years to complete. Smyth's first component-built was a hand-carved wooden control stick grip which he said "he built the plane around". [4] Plans and kits for homebuilding were made available. [1]

5. Chotia Woodhopper - Wikipedia

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   The Woodhopper was featured on the cover of Popular Mechanics in 1978, and as a result a large number of plans were sold and many aircraft were completed and flown. Construction time from the plans is estimated at 250–300 hours. Performance is determined by the engine fitted, and a wide variety of small two-stroke engines have been employed.

6. Osprey GP-4 - Wikipedia

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   Plans available (2015) The GP-4 is an experimental aircraft designed to fly cross country with two passengers 1,100 mi (1,770 km) at 240 mph (386 km/h). [ 1 ] Aircraft Spruce & Specialty Co has the rights to distribute the kits for the aircraft, while the plans are distributed by Osprey Aircraft .

7. Free flight (model aircraft) - Wikipedia

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   F1B Model by Stepan Stepanchuk. Free flight is the segment of model aviation involving aircraft with no active external control after launch. Free Flight is the original form of hobby aeromodeling, with the competitive objective being to build and launch a self controlling aircraft that will consistently achieve the longest flight duration over multiple competition rounds, within various class ...