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Building a 23-foot USS Nimitz with 32 planes and working catapult

In this video, we showcase the construction of a 23-foot model of the USS Nimitz, complete with 32 detailed aircraft and a ...
Flying

The Labor of Love That Gave a ‘Graf Zeppelin II’ Model Lift

John Mellberg spent 17 years meticulously scratch-building a 1:36 scale model of the LZ-130 Graf Zeppelin II, completing it in 1989. The impressive 8.5-pound model, designed for helium lift, required ...
New Atlas

Human-scale cardboard aircraft came surprisingly close to real flight

At first glance, a flyable airplane made of cardboard sounds almost like a joke – the sort of thing that collapses long ...
Jalopnik

Man Spent 10 Years And 10,000 Hours Building An Incredibly Detailed Boeing Paper Airplane

Building an airplane is no easy feat, but one man spent 10 years and 10,000 hours painstakingly crafting a 1:60 scale model of Boeing's 777-300ER using nothing but manila folders and glue in what may ...
Flightglobal

Jekta to begin flight testing scale model of hydrogen-electric amphibian

Swiss start-up Jekta plans next month to begin flight testing a scale model of the amphibious hydrogen-electric passenger aircraft it aims to bring to market next decade. The company released images ...
autoevolution

Scale Model of Brand-New Blended-Wing Body Aircraft to Fly Soon

As the U.S. Air Force is moving to modernize its fleet of aircraft, it is looking to new and innovative designs to help it advance its goals. And one such design is that of a blended-wing body ...