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.
Van’s RV-15 Prototype Gets a New Tail
Originally conceived with a stabilator—similar to the RV-12’s—the RV-15 is now sporting what appears to be a modified RV-10 tail.
Kitfox Celebrates Forty, Too
To say that Kitfox has been successful since then is an understatement.
MOSAIC Next Steps—an interview with Rian Johnson
In this interview, Rian Johnson looks ahead at the next steps for MOSAIC and offers his perspective for what might come out of the FAA next year when the new rules package is announced.
What’s the Coolest Two-Holer?
Check out the nostalgically cool side-by-side Kay’s Speedster from Timber Tiger Aircraft in this overview with Nick Pfannenstiel.
Dynon Update from AirVenture 2024
Michael Schofield from Dynon Avionics demonstrates the Emergency Glide on a Sky View HDX 12-inch display as well as a couple of new products.
Van’s Aircraft Update: We Let You Down, We’ll Do Better
CEO Mikael Via and COO Shawl Ell outlined the company’s path forward and spoke about the internal and external issues the company faced.
Van’s RV-15 Now Expected Late 2025
Van’s Aircraft offered an update on the high-wing RV-15, which is now expected to move toward production by late next year.
Four Decades Old, Look At Us Now
Publisher Dennis Shattuck took a flier on a growing segment of aviation back when magazines littered newsstands across the country and well before we...
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Power, Scotty, I Gotta Have More Power
“I canna give ye more, Cap’n. The dilithium crystals are already overloaded.”
—Star Trek
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What’s New
This months column includes information on new anti-collision strobe lights and LED position lights, a micro belt sander, a smart servo controller for trim, a desktop model of the Cozy Mark IV and the announcement of a taildragger configuration option for the Eurofox SLSA.
AeroVonics Flight Displays
Leave your cutting tools in the drawer. These drop-in electronic instruments eliminate complicated installations and have an impressive feature set.