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.
Friday Recap (And Correction)
Now that our electronic devices are playing nice with us we can (finally) quickly recap Friday's racing.
In the Formula 1 Gold heat we’ve already...
Las Cruces, New Mexico Air Race Announced
Moving from strength to strength, the Sport Air Racing Council just announced a new air race in Las Cruces, New Mexico on October 21,...
Busy Already!
Everyone said attendance was going to be good at these final races at Reno and they were right.
Thursday, we could sense a definite uptick...
Phillipson Shows ‘em How
If you like racing you’d have loved this morning’s Formula 1 Gold heat race. Justin Phillipson put on a masterful display of racecraft to...
Super Tug
It's the final Reno races and if you have an old press pass or airplane or anything from the good old days now's a...
A Formula 1 Moment
It’s Thursday at Reno which is sort of like sophomore year in high school. The new has worn off a little and it’s still...
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...
In Case You Missed It
Changing a Perfectly Good Airplane
Designing and building a modified RANS S-9, part 2. By Michael Ryer and John Wells.
Letters
Torque Plates UpdateAfter being flabbergasted by the high price of Lycoming torque plates...