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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.

Rear Cockpit

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Advice on advice.

AirVenture Whatsit?

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You're forgiven if you thought Homebuilt Camping at AirVenture was an RV fly-in. The Van Grunsven aluminum squad so out numbers all other designs...

Aerocreeper

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AirVenture is long over, but we're still digging out from the information deluge the show provides. A good example is the Aerocreeper, an adjustable...

Dark Aero 1

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First time exhibitors, Dark Aero is three brothers with an engineering bent and a promising kit plane in the works. Called Dark Aero 1,...

Authentic Sopwith & Gnome

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If you've had the rare chance to closely examine a World War I aircraft it soon became obvious why so few early warbirds have...

Whispering Again

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Delbert Sinor of Ozark Mountain Aviation gave us the latest on the Whisper, a 2-place side-by-side kit from South Africa. Sinor offers a builder...

Timber Tiger Ryan-A-Like

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So, what's a nice Ryan like this doing in the homebuilt display at AirVenture? Looking the part, obviously, and yes, it is not a...

Early Warbirds Beginning to Gather

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World War One aviation may have peaked in the public's interest in the late 1960's, but with the 100th anniversary of the end of...

The View From HBC

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It was morning at Home Built Camping at AirVenture and the distant rumbling of multiple round motors calls for attention, but as the peek...

You Had To Be Here

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If the weather and our Experimentals were always perfect we'd get to our destinations on time, but would miss much along the way. Today's...

In Case You Missed it

Deformed Gascolator O-Ring

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Some gascolators have internal O-rings that should be checked for deformation regularly. This was...

How to Use Your Oxygen System

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Things to know before you go. By Gary Jones.

How Complete?

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Different manufacturers have different ideas about what makes a kit complete.

Flight Review: Power Promises

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Marc Cook flies two GlaStar Sportsman 2+2s with two different engines, and a winner emerges. More power!