PLATTSBURGH — History with a modern twist made its way to Plattsburgh for a recent filming by the BBC. Tom LaMar of Port Douglas brought to the city his custom-built 1/12-scale model replica of the ...

It was over casual dinner conversation in 1988 that Ken Casser first heard of an aerodrome in Port Washington - an unvarnished, open field for flying remote-controlled model airplanes and helicopters.

Since their invention more than 100 years ago, airplanes have been moved through the air by the spinning surfaces of propellers or turbines. But watching science fiction movies like the “Star Wars,” ...