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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.

Air-Cooled Volkswagen

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2022 Engine Buyer's Guide Index Introduction Flat Four-Stroke Gasoline Inline and V Four-Stroke Radial and Rotary (Traditional) Rotary (Wankel) Compression Ignition (Diesel & Jet...

Jets & Turboprops

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2022 Engine Buyer's Guide Index Introduction Flat Four-Stroke Gasoline Inline and V Four-Stroke Radial and Rotary (Traditional) Rotary (Wankel) Compression Ignition (Diesel & Jet...

Corvair

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2022 Engine Buyer's Guide Index Introduction Flat Four-Stroke Gasoline Inline and V Four-Stroke Radial and Rotary (Traditional) Rotary (Wankel) Compression Ignition (Diesel & Jet...

Two-Stroke

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2022 Engine Buyer's Guide Index Introduction Flat Four-Stroke Gasoline Inline and V Four-Stroke Radial and Rotary (Traditional) Rotary (Wankel) Compression Ignition (Diesel & Jet...

Electric

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2022 Engine Buyer's Guide Index Introduction Flat Four-Stroke Gasoline Inline and V Four-Stroke Radial and Rotary (Traditional) Rotary (Wankel) Compression Ignition (Diesel & Jet...

Nothing New

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Apparently having done something evil in a former life, I’ve been consigned to toil on this magazine’s Engine Buyer’s Guide in this life. I...

Gone Pro

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In the last three years I’ve been rewarded by the older of my sons taking up aviation in a most serious way. Every devotee...

AirVenture Notes

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Knowing that I’m mainly stealing from the upcoming Engine Buyer’s Guide, it still seems a good idea to fly by some of the big...

Unbelievable!

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Sport Gold Final.

Finals, Finally

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Sunday has dawned cool and darkly overcast which is just fine with the racers at Stihl National Championship Air Races at Reno, Nevada. For...

In Case You Missed It

Letters

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TIG or MIG? You Got us!In the article on Vetterman Exhaust the statement...

Archive: September 2013

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Our cover featured a SeaRey amphibian chilling out on the water. Inside, Dave Forster...

Oh, Dry Up!

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Jim Katz builds a homemade engine dehumidifier.

Design Process: Flaps

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Flaps change the geometry of the wing to allow the pilot to change the...