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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.

Garmin Announces Free VFR Database Updates for G3X EFIS

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Pilots love the capability of modern electronics instruments but for those needing period database updates, the cost of maintenance can be a sore spot....

The Virtue of Simple

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I had all the best intentions. When I bought my GlaStar, I had hoped to keep some of its very simple nature intact, but...

2023 Homebuilt Aircraft Directory

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Welcome back to our annual extravaganza that is our directory of homebuilt aircraft. As with anything, our presentation of the kits and plans available...

Mods and Ends

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One of the most desirable and intrinsic benefits of building your own airplane under the Experimental/Amateur-Built rules is the ability to deviate from the...

A Very Special Oshkosh

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This year’s AirVenture set records for attendance, so says EAA. I learned this after the show, but I could have predicted the press release...

GAMI G100UL Approval and Next Steps

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It’s been a week since the FAA finally signed a significantly broadened STC allowing the use of GAMI’s G100UL unleaded avgas in virtually every...

AirVenture Posts Record Attendance

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Everyone assumed that 2021, the first year back from a pandemic-canceled event in 2020, would be the high-water mark for AirVenture, but that’s not...

Continental Increases R&D Budget, Plans to Reduce Lead Times

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KITPLANES caught up with Continental Aerospace Technologies' CEO Karen Hong at AirVenture 2022. She told us that the company has increased its R&D budget...

Murphy Aircraft Shows Updated Models at AirVenture

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Newly resuscitated Murphy Aircraft made a splash at AirVenture 2022 with a new Radical homebuilt as well as a partially completed Moose on tricycle...

PS Engineering Introduces PMA450C Audio Panel

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We checked in with PS Engineering's Mark Scheuer for a quick tour of the new PMA450C audio panel. It's been redesigned to be less...

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Ask the DAR

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This month we address the question of where flight-test areas may be and how they may be structured;

Whole Airplane Parachutes

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Should you install one on your ultralight or experimental?

Avionics Special: Garmins G3X Engine Monitoring System

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Ponying up for the engine-monitoring portion of Garmins G3X EFIS suite requires careful consideration, but the result is a truly integrated solution. By Marc Cook.

Sea the World!

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Getting a multi-engine sea rating in the always-entertaining AirCam.