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.
Clinks, Clunks, Tinks & Turns
Marc Cook explodes the not-invented-here myth, and explores what makes our panel equipment ergonomically sound—or not.
25th Anniversary: Engine Monitoring Comes of Age
Whats happening behind that firewall? Marc Cook traces the lineage of engine monitors over the past 25 years.
Product Minute: Brightline Bags Flight Bag
Kitplanes Magazine editor Marc Cook has an eye for quality and he likes what he sees in the Brightline Bags modular flight bag.
Product Minute: Garmin G3X
Garmin rolled out the G3X budget EFIS for the light sport and experimental aircraft crowd. Kitplanes' Marc Cook gives us an inside look.
Glasair Sportsman: 360 vs. 390
If you're building a Glasair Sportsman, you have the choice of a 180-HP IO-360 or the beefier IO-390. Marc Cook analyzes the pros and cons.
Product Minute: Val 2000
If your experimental aircraft project needs a simple navcomm with a small form factor, Kitplanes editor Marc Cook shows you why you should check out the Val 2000.
LeRoy Cook's Tour: Rainy Days and Thursdays
It occurs to me that there are two Oshkosh rain modes. The first kicks in when rain erupts with a certain amount of warning...
LeRoy Cook’s Tour: Tempting Tidbits
I must confess to being torn between twin folding-wing temptations. Should I get on the Early Adopter list for the Terrafugia roadable airplane or...
EAA Previews New 51% Rule Changes, Industry Breathes a Sigh of...
A forum held today at AirVenture outlined changes to the so-called 51% rule relating to the construction of Experimental/Amateur-Built aircraft. The new rule will likely curtail excessive use of commercial assistance but allow legitimate individual builders to proceed rationally.
Editor’s Notes: Morning Flight, Night’s Right
My cell phone buzzed at 4 a.m., and I cursed Paul Bertorelli. Paul is the mainspring of video technology in our group that includes AvWeb, and he had the idea of shooting some early morning air-to-ground video using my Glastar Sportsman.
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Sebring at Seven
Now in its seventh year, the Light Sport Aircraft Expo, which gathers enthusiasts together each spring in Sebring, Florida, is still going strong. By Dave Martin.
Are All Battery Chargers Alike?
Bob Fritz tests battery chargers and desulfation systems, and finds its easier to keep a battery in good shape than to raise it from the dead—and that a good charger is a better bet than a new battery.