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.
Rear Cockpit: The Other Guy’s Plane
In a parallel life of mine—auto journalism—shop talk occasionally got around to just how few cars the average person probably drives in their lifetime....
Twice the Angst and What a Cost!
Several months back, I was all CAVU regarding my partnership with an old friend in a puddle-jumping Cessna. But as I scribbled those happy...
BIG: Mojave Experimental Fly-In 2019
If the Mojave Experimental Fly-In had a theme in 2019 it turned out to be "big."
The planned part of big was Mike Patey arriving...
Indoor Aviating at Mojave
It's taken seven years for us to attend the Friday night glider build and free-flight soaring competition at the Mojave Experimental Fly-In, but this...
Rear Cockpit
Youthful ignorant that I was, it took a few years for me to realize just what a disappointment I presented to my definitely older...
Mojave Tonight & Tomorrow!
Experimental aircraft and their builders are what the Mojave Experimental Fly-In is all about, and it's starting today.
Tonight the family-oriented indoor Build &...
In Case You Missed It
Confessions of an Instrument Rating Procrastinator
There's a right way and a wrong way to learn IFR.
The One True Airspeed
True airspeed is coy. It hides behind the more obvious speeds who tart themselves...
Using a Volt-Ohm Meter
Because of their extremely low operating current, digital multimeters do not do a...