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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.

Electric

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2022 Engine Buyer's Guide Index Introduction Flat Four-Stroke Gasoline Inline and V Four-Stroke Radial and Rotary (Traditional) Rotary (Wankel) Compression Ignition (Diesel & Jet...

Nothing New

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Apparently having done something evil in a former life, I’ve been consigned to toil on this magazine’s Engine Buyer’s Guide in this life. I...

Gone Pro

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In the last three years I’ve been rewarded by the older of my sons taking up aviation in a most serious way. Every devotee...

AirVenture Notes

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Knowing that I’m mainly stealing from the upcoming Engine Buyer’s Guide, it still seems a good idea to fly by some of the big...

Unbelievable!

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Sport Gold Final.

Finals, Finally

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Sunday has dawned cool and darkly overcast which is just fine with the racers at Stihl National Championship Air Races at Reno, Nevada. For...

Real Racing Today

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With an incoming cold front starting to push, the smoke has cleared for the best visibility so far this week and the racers are...

Endeavor For Sale

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Readers familiar with Formula One air racing may have been wondering where F1 racing standout Endeavor has been this year. The short answer is Endeavor...

Turbo Glamour

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Imagine if you had this pile of custom-built turbo plumbing to put on your airplane. How long do you think it would take to...

Dan Gilbert

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Dan Gilbert, designer and builder of current Formula One front runner Fraed Naught among others, unexpectedly passed away at home yesterday of an aneurysm. The...

In Case You Missed It

Cracked Exhaust

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Exhaust cracks can be insidious, although sometimes they leave a gray-looking residue. Use a...

Building the Bearhawk LSA

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It’s finally finished!

Viewfinder

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Marc Cook looks at the possibility of Glasair Aviation initiating a new Two Weeks to Taxi builder-assistance program for the Van's RV-10.

UMA Instruments

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Analog gauges still have a place in the digital era.