| The invention of the flying machine | | | | the countries, however, and nations |
| changed humanity. It changed the way | | | | began selling airplanes to other |
| and the speed at which we travel. It | | | | nations, so that now many countries have |
| made the world seem a little smaller as | | | | similar sophisticated and modern |
| people and places in distant lands | | | | military aircraft. |
| suddenly seemed much nearer by the | | | | With all of this in mind, a model |
| lessened time it would take to reach | | | | airplanes hobby can obviously be, not |
| them. It increased our communication | | | | just some little simple thing that |
| between people and nations as they could | | | | people do, but it can teach about |
| travel across oceans and meet in person | | | | history and science. One can learn |
| rather than communicating by letters or | | | | about modern military aircraft right |
| other non-personal means. Flying | | | | alongside with the plane flown by the |
| quickly became a recreational sport, an | | | | Red Baron in WWI. One can learn the |
| attractive career, and an appealing | | | | evolution of the aircraft; the different |
| science. It lifted man into the skies, | | | | types of planes and styles that |
| where before he only dreamt of going. | | | | countries developed and built upon or |
| It freed us from the confines of this | | | | discontinued. Currently there are very |
| earth upon which we live. Flight | | | | many modern developers of airplanes. |
| drastically changed the way wars are | | | | There are even more airlines that are |
| fought. Suddenly nations were no longer | | | | supplied by these airplane |
| protected by standing armies at their | | | | manufacturers. If you are at all |
| borders. A plane could easily fly over | | | | interested in aviation, what better way |
| their borders and attack a city deep in | | | | to start than to purchase your own model |
| the heart of a country. Planes were | | | | airplane and begin learning the history |
| merciless war machines dropping bombs on | | | | of airplanes? |
| cities, respecting neither soldiers nor | | | | There are also radio control airplanes. |
| citizens. All were vulnerable and | | | | This side of a model airplane hobby may |
| targets of the loads of bombs dropped by | | | | focus more on the science and actual |
| planes. Later other uses of airplanes | | | | flight of airplanes. Model airplanes |
| were created, more recreational and | | | | work according to the same laws of |
| sporty, such as the model airplane and | | | | science and physics as a real airplane. |
| the radio control airplane. | | | | They use the same laws of thrust and |
| The airplane model is a replica of the | | | | lift. The wings, tails, and propellers |
| larger, real planes that are or were | | | | of a model all have to be built |
| actually flown. From the first plane | | | | according to the same principles of |
| flown by the Wright Brothers to our | | | | flight. The model airplane can stall in |
| modern aircraft and space shuttles, you | | | | the air or crash similar to real plane. |
| can find model airplane replicas. The | | | | Not surprisingly, the airplane and its |
| replicas consist of planes flown in all | | | | offshoot developments are continuing to |
| of the wars, from many different | | | | change humanity, from their wars, their |
| countries. Each country was always | | | | communications, their travels and |
| trying to outdo the others in their | | | | finally to their hobbies. Who knows |
| command of the skies. In the days of | | | | what will happen next, where the |
| airplanes, if you controlled the skies, | | | | airplane will lead us next. But it is |
| you controlled the war. This | | | | obviously important to take a part in |
| competition between countries led the | | | | this continuing human experiment in |
| quick development of a variety of | | | | aviation and flight, even if you just |
| different types of fighting military | | | | start with a model airplane or radio |
| aircraft. The more effective types of | | | | control airplane. |
| planes were quickly adopted by all of | | | | |