Airplane Birthday Party Feb 11, 2008
Cluster groups of blue and white balloons tied to a toy airplane around the party area ... Place small toy airplanes on the cake so that it looks like they are flying through the sky. (Suite101.com)
No toying around: Local aeromodelers battle wind, fly high Jul 23, 2007
A toy airplane is what a child pushes across the floor and makes motor noises with their mouth, said Ken Spittler, a 76-year-old Goodview resident has been building and flying miniature planes since he was 10. He s the oldest member of the Winona Aeromodelers, which started sometime in the 1950s as the Win-Aero Model Club. (Winona Daily News, MN)
PRODUCT RECALLS Sep 25, 2006
The rechargeable battery pack inside the toy airplane can overheat, posing a burn hazard. -- Onward Manufacturing of Waterloo, Ontario, Mi-T-M Corp. of Peosta, Iowa, and Deere f Moline, Ill. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Radio-Controlled Toy Planes Recalled Aug 24, 2006
About 7,500 radio-controlled toy airplanes, manufactured by Spin Master Toys, are being recalled because the rechargeable battery pack inside the toy can overheat and pose a burn hazard ... The recalled radio-controlled toy airplane is lightweight, made of silver or black Styrofoam, and measures 19 inches from wingtip to wingtip ... The recalled toy airplanes were sold exclusively at Toys R Us from April 2006 through June 2006 for about $40. (WRAL.com, NC)
FAA, privacy issues great LA drone plans Jun 24, 2006
If the money and effort put into toy airplanes, phone taps and military contracts went towards truly humanitarian causes we would raise the standard of living and reduce our prison population simultaneously ... I would have to get rock solid statistics but I am imagining that one full week of continuous toy airplane surveillance equals about one hour of helicopter time in cost. (USA Today)
Show toys with us May 24, 2006
Each figure, with a suggested retail price of $15 to $20, will come with a prop, such as Kate's toy airplane, Charlie's Drive Shaft band ring and Hurley's lottery ticket. "We're going to do our action figures in a slightly outside-the-box fashion," says show producer Damon Lindelof. (USA Today -- Life)
