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Marc Cook

Marc Cook
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Marc Cook is a veteran special-interest journalist who started as a staffer at AOPA Pilot in the late 1980s. Marc has built two airplanes, an Aero Designs Pulsar XP and a Glasair Aviation Sportsman, and now owns a 180-hp, recently modernized GlaStar based in western Oregon. Marc has 5000 hours spread over 200-plus types and four decades of flying.

DeltaHawk Receives FAA Certification

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The long-awaited DeltaHawk engine has received FAA certification in its 180-hp form. According to the company, “The 180 hp DHK180 is the first of...

A Whole New Sun ’n Fun

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It’s not fair to call last year’s Sun ’n Fun a dud. It had, after all, come back from a COVID-related interruption in 2020...

Phase Shift

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A new form of Phase I testing is available.

Beware the Scammer

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We don’t talk about scams a lot in Experimental aviation. Yes, there were probably a few companies in our realm we might have accused...

Zenith Aircraft Model and Factory Update from Sun ‘n Fun

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We catch up with Zenith Aircraft's Sebastien Heintz on the company's plans for the year and a bit of a recap of the previous...

Meet the Aeropup USA Lightweight LSA Bushplane

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At Sun 'n Fun 2023, we checked in with Don Fielden, who is bringing in the Australian-created Aeropup. With a base kit price of...

CubCrafters Unveils the New Carbon Cub UL

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One of the most long lived LSA designs is CubCrafters' Carbon Cub. From the outset, it has been a light, well-powered design and now,...

What’s Happening at uAvionix for Sun ‘n Fun 2023?

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Shane Woodson breaks down where uAvionix is with the development of the AV-30 and its other avionics/lighting products in this video from Sun 'n...

Chip Erwin On the Aeromarine Four-Stroke LSA Engine

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We caught up with Chip Erwin at Sun 'n Fun 2023 to talk about the V-twin Aeromarine engine, a modified powersports four-stroke, fuel-injected engine...

Midwest Panels IntelliKey NG

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Tired of fishing the mag keys out of your pocket after you’ve buckled up? (Us, too.) Midwest Panels has a solution in the IntelliKey...

In Case You Missed It

Wind Tunnel

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Tail stalls have been in the news lately-Barnaby Wainfan dissects this phenomenon, and clarifies what to do and what not to do.

Different Strokes for Different Folks

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From simple to complex, there's an Experimental aircraft for almost everyone.

Master Caution

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My original intent for this month’s treatise was to produce the first installment of my upcoming Kitfox build series, which I have been greatly looking forward to. However, as often happens in life, life itself got in the way.

Helping Out

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You may have noticed, but things have gotten sort of expensive lately. The daily...