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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 Cautionary Tail

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His Mong Sport was ready to fall apart, but there's no way Jeff Rose could have known it.

Rear Cockpit

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Progress and the Red Baron.

Rear Cockpit

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An inside look.

Twilight of a God

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What a 550-mph experimental looks like.

Rear Cockpit

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Builder types II.

Largest Yet: Mojave Experimental Fly-In 2018

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With 344 transient aircraft and 16 local operations logged by the tower, plus what might have been 100 airplanes on the ramp at any one time, the 2018 Mojave Experimental Fly-In April 21, 2018 certainly looked and felt like the most-attended MEFI in the event's six-year history.

Rear Cockpit

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Builders by type.

Ly-Con Expands

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After decades of developing innovative methods of building stock and hot-rodded experimental Lycomings and Continentals, Visalia, California based Ly-Con is adding square footage to...

The Real McKee

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In the ultimate FUUN exercise, Andy McKee flies the Atlantic in search of AirVenture and friendly colonials.

Rear Cockpit

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On electric light.

In Case You Missed It

Rutan Aircraft Flying Experience

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Keeping Burt Rutan's classic canards alive.

Forever Learning

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Way back when I was working for NASA, I used to get mail addressed...

Kit Stuff

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Building the Bearhawk LSA

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The landing gear.