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.
Caught in the Act
We’ve been working on the development story of the Van’s RV-15 for many months. Paul Dye and I had what I would call exceptional...
TurbAero Update from AirVenture 2022
KITPLANES checked in with TurbAero's Bernie Breen on the development of the company's 200-hp turbine engine for homebuilts. A partially built Van's RV-7A (renamed...
CubCrafters Goes Public
CubCrafters, privately owned for 40 years, announced at AirVenture that it was applying for qualification to launch an initial public offering “in the coming...
Van’s RV-15 Breaks Cover at AirVenture
Monday morning the Van's RV-15 was brought across the field to take its place in the front of the Van's booth. Naturally, crowds descended...
Joining the Mass Arrival
This morning our web guru, Omar Filipovic, and I made the trek from our overnight stage in Madison to the Big Show in Oshkosh...
Upper-Left Coasters Head to OSH
Marc and Omar bring the Glastar from Oregon toward Oshkosh. Tonight's stay is Aberdeen, SD, on the way to Madison, WI. There, they will...
Second Time Charm
There’s no other way but to admit that I found dozens of reasons to put this project off. By finally tackling it, though, I...
Van’s Reveals RV-15 Engineering Test Prototype
Van's Aircraft's much anticipated high-wing, backcountry-capable RV-15 broke cover over the weekend when photos taken during the airplane's Phase I testing near Van's Aurora,...
Pioneer Grips New Finish
Pioneer Grips was started by Guy George but was taken over by new owners late last year, and now the company is ramping up...
A Celebration of KRs
I have to admit that the KR has never really had a prominent spot on my radar. Certainly not for any negative reason. Mostly,...
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SeaReys to the Dry Tortugas
Two SeaReys travel along the Gulf Coast from Houston to the Dry Tortugas.
