Hobbico is a HUGE company, and they own many companies. Here are some of the ones that I can remember right off of the top of my head (I'm sure I'll miss some):

Hobbico
Tower Hobbies
Omni Hobbies
Great Planes
Dynaflight
OS engines
Top Flite
Super Tigre
Futaba

It's pretty hard to participate in this hobby and avoid Hobbico.

Ken

There are some well-respected names in there. I think that, aside from making $, Hobbico does a reasonably good job in the marketplace.

I got ne beefs with them they're the ones who built the plane that I can actually now fly without turning it into a lawn dart![&:]