Marc Cook
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.
CubCrafters Unveils the New Carbon Cub UL
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?
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
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
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...
Kitfox To Use the 916 As Well…
In this fun video, Kitfox lets us know that it is "all in" on the new 916. An as-yet unnamed variant will feature the...
Rotax Launches the 916
To absolutely no one’s surprise, the 916 broke cover today at Sun ’n Fun. Based on the 915, the turbocharged, four-cylinder, liquid-cooled 916 Rotax...
Van’s Aircraft SNF Show Specials, RV-15 Update
Van's Greg Hughes talks about the company's specials for this year's Sun 'n Fun. Surprise! These include reduced prices on various kits and a...
WAT Announces Landing Light Rebate Program
Eager to get pilots and aircraft owners to try the new Parmetheus G3 landing light, WAT (who you may know better as Whelen) has...
In Case You Missed It
Leaking Gascolator
This was a very dangerous discovery—the gascolator had a very pronounced dripping leak,...
Kitfox Super Sport Series 7
Marc Cook flies the capable ready-to-fly Kitfox Super Sport Series 7 SLSA, and spotlights owners John and Debra McBean’s deft handling of the company in a crowded market and rocky economy.
Mounting On a Curve
A long time ago, when homebuilders began installing Garmin 430s—the most popular IFR GPS/nav/com...
Ask the DAR
Is an aircraft’s empty weight required on the data plate? Does the gross weight change when an LSA is converted from conventional landing gear to floats? Should engine maintenance be entered in the builder’s logbook? Does the Minimax still qualify as an ultralight?