Tom Wilson

Of my few aviation campfire stories, the tale of my first biplane cross-country, typically gets the best reception. Thanks to a writer's budget and...

There has not been much technical change of the Revmaster 2300 Turbo engine since last year's Alternative Engine Conference in Temecula, California. A development...

Good ideas are fairly common; bringing them to fruition not so much. But Pete Plumb is beating the odds with his 1/2-version of the...

Getting Practical-What can you do for a better engine?

Even if the results are often predictable and there might not be wingtip-to-wingtip combat, the Sport Gold final is one of the most anticipated...

Any racer will tell you a good start is vital, and now Thom Richard and Steve Senegal have unfortunate first-hand experience in just how true that is.

For years Hartzell has ruled the roost in Sport class racing around the pylons at Reno. Their "race prop," as it's universally called, has been found faithfully propelling nearly every front runner Glasair and Lancair for over a decade and it's responded well as race speeds have steadily climbed.

Sport Gold class racers just finished their Saturday afternoon heat race, and as expected everyone went just fast enough to finish where they needed....

There were few surprises in the Sport Gold heat race yesterday afternoon at the National Air Races in Reno, Nevada. Jeff LaVelle lead from...

During the big-engine peak of the 1940s and '50s large radial engines all used a hydraulically-actuated torquemeter. By sensing the engine's output specific power and fuel consumption settings were accurately set, along with providing some engine diagnostic capabilities.