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