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Tom Wilson

Tom Wilson
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Pumping avgas and waxing flight school airplanes got Tom into general aviation in 1973, but the lure of racing cars and motorcycles sent him down a motor journalism career heavy on engines and racing. Today he still writes for peanuts and flies for fun.

Las Cruces Sport Qualifying

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Expected top-qualifier Andrew Findlay ran into injector issues thanks to minor debris floating around the fuel system.

Sport Air Racing Livestream

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A livestream feed from the Sport Class races so we can all follow the action as it happens.

Mojave Experimental Fly-In This Saturday

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Eyeballing airplanes and easy access to their designers/pilots.

Hawking That New Engine

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After 20 years the long-gestating DeltaHawk diesel is suddenly hotter than Jeff LaVelle’s turbos on a 400-mph lap.

Real Pylon Racing: Sport Class Unleashed at Las Cruces October 19...

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For those missing their annual dose of wing-to-wing pylon air racing last month, the Sport Class has the cure.

Air Racing: A Report

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With the announcement of Roswell, New Mexico, as the new home of the National Air Races, it seems a good time to give an update on the go-fast crowd.

Thomas The Historian

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One moment we were in Oshkosh 2024, the next instant we glanced behind us and we were in 1932 at the Thompson Trophy races.

Red, Round and Gorgeous

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Everyone kept asking us if we’d seen the red Hatz out on the homebuilt line, and when we walked up to Rick and Kathy Schultz’s spanking new biplane we knew why.

Tundra Tailwheels

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Tundra's line of no excuses off-road tailwheels.

Off The Scale!

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2/3 scale P-38 - an apex experimental, one of those over the top builds defying all norms of dedication and craftiness and it’s available for close inspection next to the Brown Arch.

In Case You Missed It

light gun signals

Rear Cockpit: Light Gun Signaling

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Silent running.

Aero ‘lectrics

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And he LED them to the promised land....

Turbine Legend

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Let’s celebrate the return of some very fine whine.

Editor’s Log

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Change is inevitable, and, in the media world, it’s coming at us hard and fast. Editor in Chief Mary Bernard considers the trends.