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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 Hole Where an Airshow Should Be

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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”

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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This full-featured, full-priced certified EFIS is impressive but might not be ideal for homebuilts.
17 kits under $25k

17 Kits For Under $25K

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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

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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

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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

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Sonex's Mark Schaible takes a few minutes to talk about what's happening with the company.

In Case You Missed It

Ask the DAR

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DAR Mel Asberry clears up airspace restrictions for homebuilts during flight testing and discusses how the original builder of a homebuilt design remains the builder unless the airworthiness certificate is surrendered, which has implications for reselling an aircraft.

Completions

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Builders share their successes.

Ernie’s Room and Board

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Way back in March ’23 (deep in snow here), I gave you the problem...

Aero ‘lectrics

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Regular regulations.