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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.

Kitfox To Use the 916 As Well…

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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

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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...

What Makes a Show Plane?

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Meet the man behind Show Planes.

Van’s Aircraft SNF Show Specials, RV-15 Update

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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...

Van’s RV-15 Update

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What’s happening with Van’s high-wing STOL aircraft?

WAT Announces Landing Light Rebate Program

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Eager to get pilots and aircraft owners to try the new Parmetheus G3 landing light, WAT (who you may know better as Whelen) has...

Task-Based Flight Test Approved

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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...

Lightspeed Delta Zulu Headset

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Who knew “safety wearables” was a thing?

Copperstate Fly-In Postponed

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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

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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...

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All About Avionics: Panel Labels

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Avionics wiz Stein Bruch discusses the pros and cons of the most popular ways of labeling your panel including placards, decals, rub-on labels, silkscreens and laser etching.

Archive: August 2014

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As our industry continues to mature and anniversaries come hurtling at us, it’s worth...

Alternative Energies

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Electric motors—state of the art. By Dean Sigler.

Completions

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Builders share their successes.