Remote-control gliders are a familiar sight over Aliso Creek Valley, soaring silently as they float and dip on thermal currents along a 300-foot slope. But much like golf balls and baseballs, the ...
Jul 28, 2017 Jul 28, 2017 Updated Jul 29, 2017 At just 9 years old, Karsen Gradille is the youngest flyer of the Santa Maria-based Tri-Valley RC Modelers, which builds and flies model airplanes, ...
Standing on the shoulder of a road that winds its way up the hill from the Livermore Valley to Del Valle Regional Park, a shirtless Don Clark flings his glider into the wind. It is, by gliding ...
Throughout middle school, John Owsinski dreamed of getting his 1963 blue and yellow string plane into the air. He remembers staring up at the gift from his uncle in his garage where the plastic box ...
Guardian photojournalist Christopher Thomond spent some time with model aircraft enthusiasts who were launching their slope-soaring gliders off the hillside at Nick of Pendle Model aircraft ...
High in the sky, Ron Tabery circles like a buzzard with a 92-foot wingspan. On a good day, he can soar in his gleaming white glider for six hours or more, riding thermals like elevators and traveling ...
Model aircraft that commonly soared around Costa Mesa‘s Fairview Park may soon be grounded for good. The City Council today, March 21, is set to discuss the future of Fairview Park’s model aircraft ...