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.
In Search of the Perfect (Oil) Temperature
One of the many decisions presented during the swap from my old O-320 to the new, more powerful Titan IO-340 in my GlaStar was...
Working With Experience
Part of my job is surprisingly solitary, moving words and photos around from my home office and corresponding with my staff and regular contributors...
CubCrafters’ Jim Richmond Passes
The man who started with the simple idea of refurbishing Piper Cubs and turned that into the immensely successful company building all-new, better-than-the-original utility...
Tempest AA470 Oil Filter Cutter
If you’re doing your own routine maintenance—and if you’re not, why not?—you’re going to need a means to open your canister oil filter after...
Instrument Ergonomics
Sometimes the path of least resistance is only good for the short term. You choose the most expedient course from idea to execution, hoping...
Homebuilt Aircraft Directory 2022
Here we are again with our annual “directory” of homebuilt aircraft that are available as kits, plans or both. The 2022 Homebuilt Aircraft Directory...
Trouble With Numbers
For better or worse, pilots can be an analytical bunch. Not all of them, of course, since many are what you’d call seat-of-the-pants types...
AOPA Nall Report: Homebuilt Accidents Down Slightly
The overall GA accident record showed a mixed bag.
In Case You Missed It
Installing and Maintaining Your Pitot-Static System
The pitot-static system is usually one of those items appearing on your to-do list...
Safety Is No Accident: Auto-Engine Conversions
Ron Wanttaja crunches the numbers to determine whether homebuilts powered by auto-engine conversions are inherently less safe than their traditional engine brethren.
