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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.

A Celebration of KRs

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I have to admit that the KR has never really had a prominent spot on my radar. Certainly not for any negative reason. Mostly,...

Chris Pryce’s “KR-2S ish”

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The Rand-Robinson KR series turns 50 in 2022 and to celebrate KITPLANES has met up with a couple of KR builders and owners to...

Meet KR2-S Owner John Bouyea

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Continuing our celebration of 50 years of the KR, we walk around a very special KR-2S built by Roy Marsh and under the current...

AeroLEDs Equinox Vs. the 4509 Landing Light

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Does the latest LED technology beat up on the ancient 4509 landing light for Experimental aircraft? You bet it does. Here's KITPLANES editor in...

uAvionix Announces Remote Magnetometer

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Since the beginning, the uAvionix AV-30 mini EFIS has had an internal magnetometer—the device used to sense magnetic north and help create a heading...

2022 Aircraft Lighting Buyer’s Guide

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Modern aircraft lighting for the modern homebuilt.

Comp Air Previews Model 6.2 for AirVenture

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Comp Air's Michael Ryan and Ron Lueck discuss the new Comp Air 6.2 six-place, high wing kitbuilt to make its formal debut at AirVenture...

Dispatches from Florida

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There was a time when we had multiple airshows and events in a year that had at their center (or near to it) Experimental...

Fueled Again

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Not a moment after sending our April issue to the press, my editorial “Avgas Next Steps” became partially obsolete. In it, I said that...

A Visit With Glasair Aviation

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I had a reason to fly up to Arlington, Washington, to see the current state of affairs at Glasair Aviation. As you might remember,...

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Where’s the Best Place To Build?

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You and your airplane kit deserve a comfortable workshop area for the many days...

Aero ‘lectrics

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Transistors don't like excessive heat, but there's a way to beat it: an engineered heat sink.

Following the DIY Approach to Engine Overhaul, One Step at a Time

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Following the DIY approach to engine overhaul, one step at a time.

Tips From the New Guy

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Picking your panel. By David Boeshaar.