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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.

Meet the Aeropup USA Lightweight LSA Bushplane

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At Sun 'n Fun 2023, we checked in with Don Fielden, who is bringing in the Australian-created Aeropup. With a base kit price of...

CubCrafters Unveils the New Carbon Cub UL

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One of the most long lived LSA designs is CubCrafters' Carbon Cub. From the outset, it has been a light, well-powered design and now,...

What’s Happening at uAvionix for Sun ‘n Fun 2023?

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Shane Woodson breaks down where uAvionix is with the development of the AV-30 and its other avionics/lighting products in this video from Sun 'n...

Chip Erwin On the Aeromarine Four-Stroke LSA Engine

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We caught up with Chip Erwin at Sun 'n Fun 2023 to talk about the V-twin Aeromarine engine, a modified powersports four-stroke, fuel-injected engine...

Midwest Panels IntelliKey NG

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Tired of fishing the mag keys out of your pocket after you’ve buckled up? (Us, too.) Midwest Panels has a solution in the IntelliKey...

Kitfox To Use the 916 As Well…

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In this fun video, Kitfox lets us know that it is "all in" on the new 916. An as-yet unnamed variant will feature the...

Rotax Launches the 916

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To absolutely no one’s surprise, the 916 broke cover today at Sun ’n Fun. Based on the 915, the turbocharged, four-cylinder, liquid-cooled 916 Rotax...

What Makes a Show Plane?

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Meet the man behind Show Planes.

Van’s Aircraft SNF Show Specials, RV-15 Update

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Van's Greg Hughes talks about the company's specials for this year's Sun 'n Fun. Surprise! These include reduced prices on various kits and a...

Van’s RV-15 Update

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What’s happening with Van’s high-wing STOL aircraft?

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Engine Beat

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When it became clear that some ECI Titan cylinders were having cylinder head failure problems, the FAA issued an AD identifying the impacted cylinder assemblies. Now what? By Steve Ells.

Common In-Flight Failures, Part 2

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This column is a continuation of common in-flight failures that I began discussing in...

University of Rotax

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One builder’s lessons to learn before maintaining a Rotax 914.

Can You Hear Me Now?

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Communications for the Experimental pilot.