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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, steam-gauge-adjacent GlaStar based in western Oregon. Marc has 5000 hours spread over 200-plus types and four decades of flying.

The Sun ‘n Fun Quick Rinse

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It happens pretty much every year. Springtime weather brings its expected instability to the Sun ‘n Fun airshow.

What You Should Know About the MWFly Engines from Italy

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Guido Fantini offers a detailed look at the MWFly four-cylinder aero engines being shown at Sun 'n Fun 2024.

GAMI Says It Has 1 million Gallons of “Conforming” G100UL

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The fuel is stored in a tank at its Baton Rouge plant and has a certificate of authenticity, which then makes it “commercially viable.”

Hartzell Talks About Acquiring Whirlwind Propellers

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Hartzell Propeller's president JJ Frigge took a few moments at the beginning of Sun 'n Fun Day 2 to talk about the recent acquisition of Whirlwind, competing propeller manufacturer very popular in the Experimental world.

uAvionix Adds IFR HSI Capability to the AV-30 EFIS with the...

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uAvionix has been teasing an HSI adapter for IFR navigation for some time but it appeared in the flesh during this year's Sun 'n Fun airshow.

Dynon Shows Us the 12-inch HDX1200 EFIS Big Screen Display

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Dynon Avionics' Mike Schofield shows off the company's newest display, the 12-inch HDX1200, which joins the 10-inch HDX1100 and 7-inch HDX800 in the SkyView lineup.

AeroLEDs VXi High Tech Lighted Wingtips for Van’s RV Aircraft

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AeroLEDs' Ryan Edmark goes into detail about the new wingtips for Van's RVs that incorporate landing and taxi lights, red and green nav lights, strobe lights and more.

Dynon Introduces Bigger Big Screen

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Dynon Avionics pulled the wraps off its biggest big screen EFIS yet.

CubCrafters Introduces the Crab Cub

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Development never seems to stop at CubCrafters' Yakima, Washington, HQ. Its latest offering seen here in prototype form on the NX Cub platform is...

Van’s Files Bankruptcy Reorg Plan

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Three key elements stand out in the filing.

In Case You Missed It

ECO-nomical Autopilot

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And now for an autopilot thats completely different.

The Straight Cut

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What we all need is a tool to make clean cuts in aluminum sheet.

Wind Tunnel

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STOL!

AirCam Adventure

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When a former editor of KITPLANES gets an invitation to fly with a group of AirCam pilots to the Bahamas, resistance is futile.