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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.

STOL Drags

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When SuperCross brought off road motorcycle racing into football stadiums hundreds of thousands of people were suddenly introduced to a form of motorsport they...

Virtual F1

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Let’s say you’re trying to introduce the sport of pylon air racing to a new generation. What would be better than a full-size virtual...

Friday Sport Gold Scene

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We can get used to this. In today’s Sport Gold heat there was another near wing to wing run by the front runners. Andrew...

Spirit of Innovation First Flight

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Rolls Royce announced their Spirit of Innovation technology demonstrator slipped the surly bonds for the first time earlier this week. The flight took place...

Extreme Composites + James Aircraft

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Prowling the Sport class pits we bumped into Jimmy Cox, the long time owner of Extreme Composites and now also the new(ish) owner of...

The Night Shift

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One constant in racing, any kind of racing, is you are going to be working on your go-fast machine at night. And if you...

And It Was Only Thursday!

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Diehard air racing fans know it can take years to put together a great race, one where the leaders are running close together, where...

Adjustable Air Inlet

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Sam Swift of Nashville, Tennessee has some nifty cooling ideas on his Pitts S1-D race plane. One of the more obvious are interchangeable engine air...

Thursday Morning Race Notes

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Some quick notes on Thursday morning's heat racing from a bright and thankfully clear Reno. Formula 1 dished up a tasty little knife fight in...

A Good Start

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It’s a good start to the Stihl National Air Races in Reno, Nevada. Similar to Air Venture it’s a victory simply to hold the...

In Case You Missed It

Completions

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Builders share their successes.

Ask the DAR

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Overweight LSA, paperwork confusion for a DAR inspection, converting an SLSA to an ELSA.

RV Quick Stick

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I live in a pretty cool neighborhood, which happens to include a couple of...

Rudder Jam

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Inadequate rudder stop.