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.
A Hole Where an Airshow Should Be
EAA’s decision to cancel AirVenture 2020 as a precaution against the coronavirus has created a tremendous ripple effect. Not only are your travel and...
Glasair Aviation Takes “COVID Pause”
Announcing a “proactive business strategy,” Glasair Aviation, maker of the Sportsman Experimental, says it is furloughing its production and builder-assist staff while retaining a...
A Lesson in Control(s)
This is a story of a simple thing overlooked. It involves a basic concept of aircraft construction and maintenance that I have shared with...
The Value of Heeding Directions
As builders, we are generally good at doing the research: reading directions, poring over plans and diagrams and generally trying to figure stuff out...
Bearhawk 5: An Interview With Mark Goldberg
We interview Bearhawk's Mark Goldberg to find out how the newest six-seat model - Bearhawk 5 came to be.
Product Review: Garmin GI 275 EFIS
This full-featured, full-priced certified EFIS is impressive but might not be ideal for homebuilts.
17 Kits For Under $25K
Building economically can be done, but you’re going to be part of the cost savings.
EAA: New FAA Ruling Eases Burden Of Special Flight Permits
According to the Experimental Aircraft Association, the FAA has “released a policy that will make it easier for some owners of experimental aircraft to...
Bearhawk Introduces 6-Seater
Bearhawk Aircraft, best known for its two- and four-place utility homebuilts, will offer a new, larger model called the Bearhawk 5. According to the...
Industry Check In With Sonex Aircraft
Sonex's Mark Schaible takes a few minutes to talk about what's happening with the company.
In Case You Missed It
Engine Beat
The first step to stopping an oil leak is determining where its coming from, and thats not as easy as you might think. By Steve Ells.
Wind Tunnel
Taking off in an aircraft would seem to be a fairly simple, straightforward maneuver. But in fact it’s complicated, and a combination of factors must be just right for it to work.
Arion Lightning
Test pilot Chuck Berthe flew the Arion Lightning not once but twice, in two different factory demonstrators.