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.
AirVenture Posts Record Attendance
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
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
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
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...
Shady Doings
The high-wing-versus-low-wing argument will rage as long as we have airplanes. (Only to be beaten by the biplane builders who say they have both.)...
You Never Know Who You’ll See at AirVenture
There I was, minding my own business. Web editor Omar Filipovic and I were preparing to leave AirVenture on Friday morning. Omar had gone...
GAMI Update on Unleaded Avgas
GAMI’s George Braly and Tim Roehl updated AirVenture pilots on their rollercoaster ride with the FAA on obtaining an expanded STC for their G100UL...
Van’s RV-15 Update from AirVenture
We checked in with Van's Greg Hughes for an update on the RV-15's launch at AirVenture. Now that the 15 has been poked and...
Advanced Flight Systems Introduces Upgraded EFIS
AFS's Rob Hickman describes what's new in the company AF-6600 large-screen EFIS, which includes a new processor and greatly upgraded screen. The AFS line...
WAT Introduces New Dual-Mode Landing Light
Whelen Aerspace Technologies (WAT) introduced a new dual-mode landing light at AirVenture 2022. Called the Parmetheus Duo, the 12-volt, PAR 36-sized light has both...
In Case You Missed It
Murphy Resurgent
Darryl Murphy’s airplane company has a new owner and a new push for backcountry relevance.
Editor’s Log
In some of the impressive projects described in this issue, and the dedication and passion of their designers and builders, Editor-in-Chief Mary Bernard finds reasons to be hopeful about the future of aviation.
What You Don’t Need to Know Can Hurt You
Building an airplane should be mostly fun, sometimes challenging, and infinitely rewarding, but confidence...