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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.

A Good Thursday

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It’s Thursday and the Sport Gold heroes are already running 402 mph heat races. Even better, from Sport through Formula 1 all the airplanes appear...

Tuesday Night Reno Review

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It’s a gorgeous, warm, dry, smoke-free, wind-less evening at Reno Stead and the racers are eating and drinking through the social hours. Even better,...

Dreadnought Out

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We had just arrived at Reno-Stead Tuesday afternoon and were standing at the trunk of our car putting on our photo vest when crowd...

Ranting About All Those &%#@$! Screws

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It’s condition inspection time again for the ol’ box kite, hence my grumbling mood. It’s like this every year. I curse the zillion little...

Accredited: Sport Air Racing

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Showing the way forward in a soon to be post-Reno world, the Sport Air Racing Council was accredited by the FAA after a successful...

Phantom To Appear At Reno

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Andrew Buehler, owner of the ultra-fast Biplane racer Phantom called to say he and Phantom will attend the National Championship Air Races in Reno...

Helping Out

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You may have noticed, but things have gotten sort of expensive lately. The daily stuff has a new bite to it and the once...

Patina Cub

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Shane Madsen hails from secluded Westlock, Alberta Canada and says he’d like to be the Jesse James of airplanes. He’s off to an honest...

Gweduck A Go

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Nearly 20 years ago a modern flying boat was developed by Ben Ellison (yes, the throttle body guy) and friends. Photos were taken, flight...

Renegade Redo

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Liking a challenge, the out-going Ted Myers of Myers Aviation in Fulton, Missouri is finishing a Murphy Renegade kit into a mini-Waco look-a-like. The Renegade...

In Case You Missed It

Destinations

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Reliving some of the amazing places I’ve flown and looking forward to the next!

Letters

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Intake Valve Failure"Error Chain" in the September 2016 issue is a great article, with...

Fly on One…Youll Understand.

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Matt Hlavacs open-air Breezy is a simple, fun way to fly … and, oh, the view!

Quick Mount for a Handheld

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