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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.

Training to Win… Next October

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They’re already going 350 mph down on the deck in Las Cruces, New Mexico and there is much more in the works. To begin with...

Sounding Off

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Like some sort of verbal restricted area, certain subjects are such tropes in aviation scribbling that I steer around them like they were cumulonimbus....

EAA AirVenture Cup Race Applications Now Available

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Applications for the 26th annual EAA AirVenture Cup Race are now available online. The 2024 AirVenture Cup Race begins at 9:00 am CDT on...

Case for the Lyconsaur

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Last time we met, the question was if the engines of the future had already arrived. This time I’d like to turn around and...

Nothing Small About It

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The Gweduck is a hero-class Experimental three decades in the making.

Flying Tired

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It had been a long, cold night.

Is the Future Here?

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For ages one of the most common laments in aviation is we’re still flying around behind ancient engines. LyConsaurs they’re called, and when in...

Corvair

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Azalea Aviation Bill Clapp at Azalea Aviation offers Corvair engines as a sideline to his main business, Saberwing aircraft. Those planes use his 100- and...

Dynamometer Break-In: Worth It

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Running a new engine on a test stand or, especially, a dyno, makes so much sense we don’t know why everyone doesn’t do it.
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Circling the Airport

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Building Experimental aviation engines is a tough business at best, so engine programs come and go. Furthermore, as sport aviation blossoms into the competition...

In Case You Missed It

One Builder’s Headache is Another’s Project

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Sometimes picking up a project that needs a little work is just the ticket for (re)building satisfaction.

Home Shop Machinist

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Preservative fogger.

Modifying Tools

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Building an airplane in the mountains has its downside. The nearest tool store is...

What’s New

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ZuluLog offers a pilot logbook for Android devices, Zenith and UL Power announce a firewall-forward kit for the CH 650, and Garmin introduces the aera 796, its new flagship portable navigator.