It could be the perfect holiday gift: Affordable, gets kids away from screens, oozes nostalgia and is made in Massachusetts. Welcome to Guillow's. The model airplane and balsa wood glider company has ...

While strolling through a teaching supply store, I stumbled across some of those balsa gliders I used to play with as a kid. The kind that come in a plastic sleeve about 3 inches wide and 10 inches ...

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Where does the balsa tree grow? Why is it so lightweight? What is it good for? Why do I even want to talk about it? Balsa trees were mentioned a few times in a story of jungle survival by a group of ...

For a century now, a childhood favorite has been quietly taking flight from Wakefield. Guillow's delivers aviation joy via balsa wood airplanes — those featherweight gliders that people have been ...

The glue dries on a straight-wing glider; flight tests after dinner My son, Ian, is working on a 7th grade science project, and is studying what wing position works best for maximum glide — that is, ...

From left: John Robison, Matt Druckerhammer and Floyd Czoski fly a One Nite28 balsa wood airplane, a Thermic B glider and a Thermic 18 glider respectively on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020 at the South Hill ...

This is a very fun and easy project to make for you or for a child, either way it requires a bit of skill to build it and make it fly. You will only need basic tools like a hobby knife, wood glue and ...

One day, a kid bought a balsa wood glider at the Astoria Column gift shop and scrawled his name on it. He climbed the 164 steps to the top of the Column, leaned against the railing and sent the glider ...