What some see as a compromise to allow model aircraft to fly at Costa Mesa’s Fairview Park looks to some of the pilots like the end of their hobby at a place they’ve been using for decades.

Staff photo / J.T. Whitehouse Mahoning County Model Club member Ted Russell of Poland demonstrates his “rubber-band powered” model plane. He is the only one in the club with a fleet of rubber band ...

If you can’t fly the real thing, a RC airplane might be the next best thing. Eric Snyder can tell you why. “It’s fun,” he said. “[It] keeps you out of trouble.” But, not always. Tuesday night, like ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Remote controlled airplanes, of all shapes and sizes, fly through the air at the SPARKS R.C. Flying Club in St. Pete. "It's the affordable type of flying," said a club member.