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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.

Starduster Retrospective

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The greatest Sunday-fly-to-breakfast airplane ever.

Positively Negative

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Modern electrically-intensive airplanes demand excellent grounding.

Lee Behl Opens Mojave Record Week

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Kicking off the first informal Mojave Record Week leading up to the 2014 Mojave Experimental Fly-In, Lee Behl spurred his one-off GP-5 single-seater to...

Bugatti 100P at the Mullin

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Fans of the wildly futuristic 1937 Bugatti 100P can inspect the Reve Bleu replica project at the Mullin Automotive Museum this spring and early...

Get a Grip!

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Choices in the stick grip market.

2014 Engine Buyer’s Guide

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Conventional engines—purpose-built for flight.

Sport Class 2013

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Experimentals kick it up a notch at Reno!

Flocking of the Experimenters

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Celebrating the Experimental spirit at a growing Mojave fly-in.

Inside Spruce

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What really happens when you place an order at Aircraft Spruce & Specialty? By Tom Wilson

Cool and Cooler

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Comparing AERO-Classics Remote Mount and High Efficiency oil coolers. Tom Wilson.

In Case You Missed It

Caught in the Act

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We’ve been working on the development story of the Van’s RV-15 for many months....

Common Cents

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Home equity loans, building loans, credit cards: These are only a few of the ways that one can finance an airplane building project. But beware: Each option has its benefits and disadvantages, and the wise builder will consider these carefully before signing on the dotted line; by Dave Higdon.

Aero ‘lectrics

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Beachball bingo.

Letters

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Compound Modifier Yes, the turbo-compound engine written about by Paul Lamar does...