This shop has been operating on the same stretch of road for decades, stacking shelf after shelf with the kind of inventory ...

Balsa wood airplanes have been a childhood toy favorite for generations. WBUR's Sharon Brody takes us to the factory in Wakefield, Massachusetts, that has been making these iconic gliders for 100 ...

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 ...

Harnessing the Sun’s energy is one of the cleanest ways to generate electricity on Earth. It does, however, come with an obvious limitation. Once darkness falls, solar panels stop generating ...

The model features PowerUp's 4.0 smartphone-controlled engine but far more opportunity for experimentation than previous simpler paper and wood designs. The Starflux kit also introduces a novel 2-in-1 ...

In 2004, truck driver Joe Macken created a miniature replica of New York City’s 30 Rockefeller Plaza out of balsa wood. Although he had intended to stop there, he realized he was hooked. “Then the ...

This time we're going to modify our last glider to make it RC, with a micro motor so we can have a lot more fun flying for up to 7 minutes. This balsa wood airplane / glider was made in a previous ...

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 ...