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, steam-gauge-adjacent GlaStar based in western Oregon. Marc has 5000 hours spread over 200-plus types and four decades of flying.
Day 1 with Charlie Echo
I’m sure there were good used homebuilts closer to me than N531CE, but this 2002 GlaStar is, in many respects, the right airplane for...
Avionics Sector Seeing Continued Growth: AEA
The Aircraft Electronics Association reported figures for the first half of 2019 that show the industry billed more than $1.5 billion, up 14% from...
Round-Trip Flight
Let’s see. Where was I? When we last spoke, I was headed back into the motorcycle realm, where I eventually got to be editor in...
Phillips Introduces New Multi-Weight Oil
Phillips 66’s new combines the multi-viscosity, ashless-dispersant oil pilots are familiar with (as Phillips X/C) with the Lycoming LW-16702 additive. Previously, only Shell...
Honeywell Buys TruTrak
Honeywell announced at Oshkosh that it has purchased TruTrak Flight Systems, an innovator in Experimental-class autopilots that recently added applications in the certified world....
Rutan Honored at AirVenture
There are arguably no more innovative and iconic aircraft than those designed by Burt Rutan. From the VariViggen and VariEze to the Long-EZ and...
Video: Paul Dye’s SubSonex at Oshkosh
I had a chance to de-brief editor at large Paul Dye about his flight from the Reno area to Oshkosh. Check out this video...
Sensenich Introduces New Experimental Props
Sensenich has had good success with its series of hollow-core, ground-adjustable composite propellers so it has introduced three new propellers for Continental and Lycoming...
Lycoming EIS at Oshkosh
We talked with Aaron Spotts about the new Lycoming Electronic Ignition System.
Lycoming Introduces Electronic Ignition
Lycoming debuted a new electronic ignition meant to be a bolt-on replacement for conventional magnetos. Dubbed the Electronic Ignition System (EIS), the devices have...
In Case You Missed it
The Decision to Polish
To quote a friend, “When you paint, the aircraft will never look better than...
In-Flight Weather: Practice for Survival
This was going to get ugly. Crossing southern Louisiana in the middle of the afternoon...
Static Prop Balancer
I fly my Pulsar with a 60-inch GSC ground-adjustable wood prop because it smoothes...
