Tom Wilson
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
What’s New
New landing lights from AeroLEDs, a lightweight headset from MGL, the electric Waiex makes its first flight, and FatBoy offers throttle quadrants for Vans RV kit aircraft. Edited by Mary Bernard.
