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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.

Positively Negative

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Modern electrically-intensive airplanes demand excellent grounding.

Lee Behl Opens Mojave Record Week

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Kicking off the first informal Mojave Record Week leading up to the 2014 Mojave Experimental Fly-In, Lee Behl spurred his one-off GP-5 single-seater to...

Bugatti 100P at the Mullin

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Fans of the wildly futuristic 1937 Bugatti 100P can inspect the Reve Bleu replica project at the Mullin Automotive Museum this spring and early...

Get a Grip!

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Choices in the stick grip market.

2014 Engine Buyer’s Guide

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Conventional engines—purpose-built for flight.

Sport Class 2013

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Experimentals kick it up a notch at Reno!

Flocking of the Experimenters

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Celebrating the Experimental spirit at a growing Mojave fly-in.

Inside Spruce

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What really happens when you place an order at Aircraft Spruce & Specialty? By Tom Wilson

Cool and Cooler

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Comparing AERO-Classics Remote Mount and High Efficiency oil coolers. Tom Wilson.

Oil Cooler 101

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What the homebuilder should know about oil coolers.

In Case You Missed It

Free Flight

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Paul Dye visits the hallowed halls of flight and reflects on the bond that exists between aviators past and present.

Flight Review: Buena Venterra

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What kind of performance can you get from a turbocharged Rotax 914 engine on the nose of a RANS S-19 airframe? Editor-in-Chief Marc Cook finds out.

Are you considering an alternative engine?

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Patrick Panzera explains some specific formulas he uses to see if an engine' claimed numbers pass muster.

Zenith 750 Cruzer

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Zenith 750 Cruzer: Civilizing the 750 for the asphalt crowd.