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.
Sunday Gold at Reno 2021
After a flag pole bending, wind-blown Saturday afternoon with resulting race postponements, Sunday has been bright, blue, very cool and harboring an energetic if...
STOL Drags
When SuperCross brought off road motorcycle racing into football stadiums hundreds of thousands of people were suddenly introduced to a form of motorsport they...
Virtual F1
Let’s say you’re trying to introduce the sport of pylon air racing to a new generation. What would be better than a full-size virtual...
Friday Sport Gold Scene
We can get used to this. In today’s Sport Gold heat there was another near wing to wing run by the front runners. Andrew...
Spirit of Innovation First Flight
Rolls Royce announced their Spirit of Innovation technology demonstrator slipped the surly bonds for the first time earlier this week. The flight took place...
Extreme Composites + James Aircraft
Prowling the Sport class pits we bumped into Jimmy Cox, the long time owner of Extreme Composites and now also the new(ish) owner of...
The Night Shift
One constant in racing, any kind of racing, is you are going to be working on your go-fast machine at night. And if you...
And It Was Only Thursday!
Diehard air racing fans know it can take years to put together a great race, one where the leaders are running close together, where...
Adjustable Air Inlet
Sam Swift of Nashville, Tennessee has some nifty cooling ideas on his Pitts S1-D race plane.
One of the more obvious are interchangeable engine air...
Thursday Morning Race Notes
Some quick notes on Thursday morning's heat racing from a bright and thankfully clear Reno.
Formula 1 dished up a tasty little knife fight in...
In Case You Missed It
Build It Better: Testing, testing, one, two, three
There's no substitute for real-world testing--;something homebuilders should keep in mind when moving from the theoretical to the actual application.
Expanding Current Technology
The Fourth Annual Electric Aircraft Symposium gathered an elite group of movers and shakers who are doing some exciting things with electric motors and other fuel-efficiency technologies. By Marc Cook.
Cowl Flapped
Invention and experimentation in actual practice (compared to idealized fantasy) don’t usually offer up...
Around the Patch
The FAAs John Hickey and Frank Paskiewicz got an earful at the AirVenture forum assembled to illuminate proposed changes to the 51% rule. Although some of the comments ran far afield, many more homebuilders posed thoughtful and challenging questions in an effort to help them understand where they stand with regard to the new regulations; by Marc Cook.