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.
Zenith CH 750 Kit Passes NKET Evaluation
Zenith Aircraft Company is reporting that its CH 750 kit aircraft has cleared evaluation by the newly formed NKET (National Kit Evaluation Team) as...
Low Compression to Make 94UL Viable?
AvWeb's Paul Bertorelli continues coverage from Teledyne Continental Motors' press function today:
While the industry wrings its hands deciding what to do about the...
More Than You Bargained For
It doesn't take a fortune to get a homebuilt aircraft completed and flying, and we look at a few designs that prove the point. By Marc Cook and Mary Bernard.
TCM on Fuels: Can 94UL Replace 100LL?
AvWeb's Paul Bertorelli continues coverage from Teledyne Continental Motors' press function today:
Continental is moving forward with its research to pitch 94UL as a replacement...
Continental Unveils Diesel Engine Project
AvWeb's Paul Bertorelli is in Mobile, Alabama, at the Teledyne Continental Motors headquarters for an alternative fuels summit. Here is the first of his...
Electric Aircraft Symposium
With electric airplanes continuing to gain favor, the fifth annual Electric Aircraft Symposium was held recently, and here's a video report from Kitplanes magazine...
Europa Returns!
Europa Aircraft is gearing up for the future with new leadership, a larger, more sophisticated manufacturing facility, and a sales force on the move.
New Honda Aircraft Engine Breaks Cover
Well, not really. But we found this project while practicing a little work avoidance (ah, that would be research) here at the KITPLANES world...
New Ace Aircraft Website Goes Live
The home of the Ace family of kitbuilt aircraft, including the Junior Ace 6 and the Junior Ace E, is now supported by a...
DeltaHawk Engine Update
DeltaHawk will be the first to admit they've been plodding along on the diesel engine certification project like...forever. Actually, it's been 14 years. But they think they'll have a production engine available this year. Here's KITPLANES editor Marc Cook with an update.
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Turbine Temptation: Final Integration and Testing
It looks almost finished, but there’s still much to do before the jet is ready to fly.
Calculating Weight and Balance
Tackling weight-and-balance calculations is a task we have all faced with some trepidation, but...