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

Garmin Introduces GHA 15 “Height Advisor”

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AirVenture has not yet begun yet there’s already a new-product announcement from Garmin, which introduced the GHA 15. Most pilots would know it as...
Glasair Sportsman in flight

Glasair Aviation Pauses Kit Sales, Moves Production to China

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Glasair Aviation moves Sportsman kit production to China; U.S. support remains for existing builders and parts.

Clattering About Diesels

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DeltaHawk’s DHK180 engine has received its FAA certification. Yes, that’s the same inverted-vee, four-cylinder, two-stroke Jet A-burning diesel we’ve heard about for years. And,...

Super Sportsman

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Not just another big-engine utility airplane.

Forward by Degrees

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I’ve ridden the early adopter bus before—found the seats uncomfortable, the ride jarring and the destination available only after many inconvenient stops. So it...

DeltaHawk Receives FAA Certification

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The long-awaited DeltaHawk engine has received FAA certification in its 180-hp form. According to the company, “The 180 hp DHK180 is the first of...

A Whole New Sun ’n Fun

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It’s not fair to call last year’s Sun ’n Fun a dud. It had, after all, come back from a COVID-related interruption in 2020...

Phase Shift

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A new form of Phase I testing is available.

Beware the Scammer

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We don’t talk about scams a lot in Experimental aviation. Yes, there were probably a few companies in our realm we might have accused...

Zenith Aircraft Model and Factory Update from Sun ‘n Fun

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We catch up with Zenith Aircraft's Sebastien Heintz on the company's plans for the year and a bit of a recap of the previous...

In Case You Missed It

On Getting Dark

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Tyrants make memorable flight instructors, a good thing when the lessons being imparted need...

What Shape is Your Documentation In?

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How to fix it from the beginning.

All About Avionics: We Came, We Saw

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There are seemingly few more mundane tasks than making holes, but there are as many ways to do them, as there are different sizes and shapes of holes. This month, Stein Bruch describes how to cut holes in the panel yourself, using tools you may already have around the shop.

Coming of Age at Reno

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As I start this month’s column, it hasn’t fully sunk in that I won’t...