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.
With a Little Help From Your Friends
In a world where a COVID-19 forces us inside and further emphasizes virtual relationships—with work, with school and with friends—it’s probably no surprise that...
Radical Reconstruction
There are no halfway measures to describe what has transpired at Glasair Aviation from the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic to the events preceding...
Long EZ Walkaround
Long-EZ builder Mike Sabourin provides a narrated walk-around of his award-winning airplane.
Van’s Introduces New IO-390 Variant for RV-14, Plus Updates to RV-10...
A more powerful, lighter-weight variant of the angle-valve IO-390 has become available for the two-seat RV-14/A. Called the IO-390-EXP119, the engine is rated at...
Many Garmin Web Services Down (UPDATED)
Update: On Monday, July 27, Garmin had a formal announcement on the system outages.
Garmin Ltd. today announced it was the victim of a cyber...
Garmin, Dynon Announce Virtual AirVenture Events
With the cancellation of AirVenture this year, companies are stepping up to provide customers and prospects with a way to connect through “educational webinars...
American Legend Aircraft Introduces “Mother of All Cubs”
American Legend Aircraft has developed an “extreme” version of its popular experimental/amateur-built Cub it’s calling the MOAC, for “Mother of all Cubs.” Boasting more...
Watch this SPOT
A funny thing happened on the way to the coast. I’ve been flying with the Garmin GNX 375 GPS/transponder for a few months now....
In Case You Missed It
Sequoia Falco: Wings of Desire
Ten years of meticulous workmanship and a daughters dedication combined to result in a stellar example of a Sequoia Falco F.8L. Builder John Shipler enjoyed the fruits of his labor before his health declined, and his daughter Kris has continued to fly and maintain the airplane after his passing.
Record Breaker
Setting the round-trip USA aviation speed record in an RV-6A. By Jeremiah D. Jackson.
The Home Machinist
All tapped out? Bob Fritz lets you in on his secrets for retrieving broken, over-torqued and stripped screw heads.