The model airplane and balsa wood glider company Guillow's has been headquartered in Wakefield for nearly a century.

Balsa wood has long been revered for its strength and lightweight composition, two properties that make it ideal for building model structures and airplanes. Researchers from the US and China have ...

This is our first balsa wood kit, really proud and excited to announce the new Tanár, a kit for beginners but also for whoever wants to have some fun with a balsa wood rc plane like this. We have been ...

This is our first balsa wood kit, really proud and excited to announce the new Tanár, a kit for beginners but also for whoever wants to have some fun with a balsa wood rc plane like this. We have been ...

I never actually computed my hours of flight time, but I know it was pretty substantial. In spring of years past, as the weather warmed up, boy, oh boy, did I ever put planes into the air. Remember ...

Imagine cutting a sheet of wood with nothing more than a utility knife. That's balsa for you. You may remember this ultralight-weight wood from model plane kits in childhood. Bring this material out ...