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.
Task-Based Flight Test Approved
A multi-year project between the FAA and EAA has resulted in important changes being inserted into the latest advisory circular pertaining to Experimental/Amateur-Built flight...
Copperstate Fly-In Postponed
Originally slated for the weekend before Sun 'n Fun starts—March 25-26—the Copperstate Fly-In has been postponed until later in the year. To be held...
Sonex Introduces “Sierra Hotel” Highwing
Just a few days after the successful EAA Homebuilders Week, which featured several interesting webinars that included an update on the Van’s RV-15, Sonex...
Do ADs Apply to Homebuilts? (Part 236)
Last month Kerry Fores’ provocatively titled column, “No One Is Watching” (Building Time, March 2023), resulted in comments from readers who latched onto one...
Van’s Update on RV-15 Development
During the EAA’s Homebuilder’s Week series of seminars, Van’s Aircraft offered an update on the high-wing RV-15’s development, which has been fairly quiet since...
Sun ‘n Fun’s Gene Conrad: Show Update Video
New Sun 'n Fun CEO Gene Conrad offers a couple of quick updates regarding the springtime show in this video. Something we're especially happy...
Take the Stress Out of Stud Pulling
There are dozens of threaded studs in a Lycoming (or Lycoming-style) engine, most of which you’ll never have to deal with between overhauls. Sure,...
EAA Homebuilders Week 2023 Starts In Less Than 2 Weeks
After two hugely successful Homebuilders Weeks in 2021 and 2022, EAA will offer the program again in 2023. The events kick off on January...
Matco Purchased by NMG Aerospace
Longtime general-aviation wheel and brake provider Matco Manufacturing has been purchased by NMG Aerospace, a large aerospace design and manufacturing conglomerate that builds parts...
In Case You Missed It
Design Process: The Rudder
The fixed portion of the vertical tail of an airplane provides directional stability. The...
The Home Machinist
Home Machinist Bob Fritz had been looking for a way to compare the effectiveness of various screw extractors he had accumulated in his toolbox, and he found a willing test subject in a Cessna 170s 60-year-old gas tank.
Down To Earth
Swapping out an engine leads to an even greater question than just finding one that fits: How do you keep it cool? By Amy Laboda.