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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, steam-gauge-adjacent GlaStar based in western Oregon. Marc has 5000 hours spread over 200-plus types and four decades of flying.

Bearhawk Has a New Owner

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The Bearhawk line of utility kit aircraft is under new ownership as of last month. Virgil Irwin, a Bearhawk 5 builder himself, has taken...

Red Bull Remembers “The Landing”

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One year after Luke Czepiela put a modified Carbon Cub onto a helipad in Dubai, sponsor Red Bull has published a video taking you...

Diesel 2.0?

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For an engine long on the verge of viability but never quite making it over the threshold, the DeltaHawk is looking ever more real....

Reno Replacement Down to Three Sites

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While 2023 signaled the last time championship air racing would take place in Reno, Nevada, the organizing body—Reno Air Racing Association (RARA)—has said it...

Van’s Exceeds Expectations on Kit and Engine Re-Orders

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Van's Aircraft posed a video today updating builders on Chapter 11 progress, which is "on schedule and going smoothly." "We've had an overwhelming response,...

The Turf War Around MOSAIC

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You might think that a long-running proposal to streamline certification and greatly expand (and make far more usable) LSA and sport pilot rules would have the industry locking arm, raising voices in song and, therefore, on a clear path to success. You might, but you’d be wrong.

DeltaHawk Announces Uprated Engines

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With 200 hp on tap, the 347-pound (dry) DHK200 closes the gap to the angle-valve Lycoming IO-390.

Garmin Introduces New Radios

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Featuring color displays, the new radios are com only (GTR 205) or a nav/com (GTR 215).

Dynon Announces “Relief” For RV Builders

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Special rebate on certain Dynon and Advanced Flight Systems products for RV builders.

Van’s: Third-Party Deposits Honored with Price Increase

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A long-expected announcement concerning builder deposits made on third-party items—engines, propellers, avionics.

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Kit Stuff

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What’s New

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MGL Avionics offers new touchscreen iEFIS, SkyVision Xtreme introduces a fully portable ADS-B In/Out system, and Worx SD SemiAutomatic Driver debuts.

Alternative Energies

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Electric motorgliders are leading the way in low-cost, fuel-efficient flight. In the second installment of his two-part series, Dean Sigler profiles seven designs at the forefront of this emerging field.

The New Guy

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Ten universal tips for Experimental aviation. By David Boeshaar.