Tom Wilson
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.
Bored No More
In a story full of admissions, I must start by confessing I had been thinking of ways to not fly the same old hour...
Sport Plans Three Demo Races
As air racers collectively search for new venues in a post-Reno world, the Sport Class continues to lead. Step one is achieving FAA accreditation...
26 into 24?
We caught up with Matt Moore in the big hangar at Stead. He and Stead hangar neighbor Josh Taylor were getting their contingent of...
PRS Parking Lot
Tom McNerney’s new Lancair Super Legacy leads three rows of Sport Class racers attending the Pylon Racing Seminar and formation clinic at Reno this...
School, Pylon Style
Pilots interested in polishing pylons at the National Championship Air Races learn their trade at the Pylon Racing Seminar, or PRS as all the...
La Zoom!
Jeff LaVelle ushers out the first 25 years of Sport class racing and the Reno era at 400 mph.
Free Beer, a Radial and Save $1,000
Verner radial engines are popular these days and if you’ve been thinking of buying one there are a couple of things to know.
First, the...
Sport: Air Racing’s New Beginning
With the catastrophic elimination of Reno-Stead Airport as a racing venue this coming September, pylon air racing must once again reinvent itself.
This won’t be...
Going Overboard
Have you ever lost anything out of an airplane? Gravity being omnipresent—and apparently increasing annually according to an equally decrepit friend while digging post...
In Case You Missed It
Phase I Done Right
The problem for many pilots is that they really don't know what flight testing entails.
Firewall Forward: Cowls, Baffles and Intake Air
How to keep your engine’s carburetor or fuel-injection system breathing right.
