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.
Day 2 with Charlie Echo
Sometimes the weather works with you and sometimes against you. I had one of those “with you” days Saturday. An early departure from Lewiston...
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.
In Case You Missed It
Flight Review: Revival of the Fittest
Part Husky, part Cub, the Bearhawk Patrol evokes 1940s-era shapes but with the benefit of today’s advanced manufacturing. By Chuck Berthe.
25th Anniversary: Rotax Run
The Rotax engines continual development over the years has led it to become the dominant engines among todays Light Sport Aircraft. Dave Martin details the engines evolution, and takes a look at what may be next.
Aspen Avionics AT300
Aspen Avionics AT300 is designed to be a drop-in replacement for a vertical speed indicator, but you'll get a lot more usable information in the cockpit when you couple it to your GPS; by Rick Lindstrom.
Error Chain
Panic! What do you do when you find yourself tumbling toward certain demise and none of the tools available seem to be working?