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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.

Do ADs Apply to Homebuilts? (Part 236)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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...

What’s Ahead?

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As we close out 2022 (as I am writing this) and reflect on a year that showed both immense promise—people continue to build and...

Economics Buffet the Engine Market

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Few disagree that the Experimental/Amateur-Built world revolves around gas-burning piston engines. Of course, the legacy engines have had a significant head start but Rotax...

CubCrafters EX-2 363i

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Adding another branch to the Cub family tree.

CubCrafters EX-2 363 Walkaround Review

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CubCrafters' Brad Damm details all the differences in the EX-2 with the CC 363i engine. The updated Carbon Cub has more power and less...

In Case You Missed It

Flight Testing: Finding TAS from GPS Data

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Math works! Kevin Horton shows you how to use GPS data to calculate true airspeed.

The Creative Homebuilder

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Hardened steel mandrels for close-quarters dimple dies.

Idle Hands

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Marc Cook reminisces about the hours of enjoyment he found working on his Glasair Sportsman.

Van’s Aircraft Files for Chapter 11

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Van’s Aircraft, facing multiple crises and a serious cash crunch, filed for Chapter 11...