Matt Dipietro of North Aurora likes building and operating radio-controlled airplanes and felt like a kid in a candy store Saturday morning at the Kane County Fairgrounds in St. Charles. “My dad got ...

A helicopter pilot reported a remote-control airplane near JFK International Airport, marking the second possible drone encounter in a single day.

This MD4-200 MD is a microdrone, a small flying machine with a built-in GPS for “position hold (in case of strong winds and autonomour waypoint navigation.” It can do surveillance and it even has a ...

DERRY — The New Hampshire Flying Tigers Remote Control Club will be hosting flight training sessions from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 16 at 1 B St. This event is open to the public. Flight instructors and ...

Many toy stores and websites sell camera-equipped drones that deliver good image quality and range, according to Kori Ellis, who sells remote-controlled toys made in China at Valley View Mall in ...

Germany’s Bundeswehr, Airbus, the German Aerospace Center DLR, and German companies SFL and Geradts have jointly carried out the world’s first successful launch and operation of a Remote Carrier ...

Some Southland forest preserves are for hiking, some offer opportunities for canoeing or kayaking, and others are mostly for wildlife habitat. But one area preserve has been set aside for flying. At ...

Five years ago, French aeronautical engineer Edwin Van Ruymbeke successfully crowdfunded his Bionic Bird – it's a remote-control model that flies by flapping its wings, just like a real bird. Now he's ...

Researchers have come up with a wearable exoskeleton designed for control of a fixed wing drone. Named FlyJacket, the device is designed to help beginners control a drone while making intuitive upper ...

APRIL MAY BE prime time for kite-flying, but sometimes Mother Nature doesn’t provide the just-gentle-enough breezes necessary to get a kite aloft. Fortunately, there’s a way to take matters into your ...