Great Planes Model Manufacturing of Champaign, Illinois, USA, is among the world's largest R/C manufacturers and distributors as part of Hobbico, Incorporated. The company was founded in 1982 by mechanical engineer Don Anderson in response to what were, at the time, poorly made radio control aircraft kits. Prior to the company's founding, no machinery specifically for cutting model aircraft parts had ever been designed. Great Planes became the first company of its type to create such machines which utilized computer-aided drafting to create airframes with interlocked construction.