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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.

Shady Doings

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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.)...
Marc Cook, Tom Hamilton, and Omar Filipovic at AirVenture 2022. Tom Hamilton is the designer of the GlaStar experimental, seen in the background.

You Never Know Who You’ll See at AirVenture

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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...

Caught in the Act

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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

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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

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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

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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...

In Case You Missed It

Wittman. Field.

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AirVenture comes to this place, not from this place.

Home Shop Machinist: More Doodads

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More doodads.

Wind Tunnel

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Trike masts.

Training, Teaching and Coaching

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With a title like that, you might expect that I’d excuse anyone without an...