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.
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...
Morning in Oshkosh
I had a reason to be on the field crazy early today. And I wish I'd had this reason sooner.
Arriving to the field around...
Garmin Adds IFR-Approved GPS/COMM
Garmin has filled out its lineup of modern panel-mount, IFR-approved GPS units with the GNC 355, which combines an approach-capable GPS with a comm...
uAvionix Developing Diversity ADS-B Device
Called the skyBeacon X, the unit will employ dual antennas—hence the diversity name—with one facing down and one facing upward.
Garmin Updates G5 And G3X Touch
Garmin has added features to the G5 and G3X Touch EFISs ahead of next week’s Oshkosh. New configurations of the G3X Touch for experimental...
Aspen Announces VFR Version Of Evolution E5
The Aspen Evolution E5 meant to be installed with a conventional set of nav/comm radios.
Horten HX-2 Flying Wing To Make U.S. Debut At Oshkosh
You can’t leave all the unusual aircraft to Burt Rutan.
CubCrafters Opens New Completion Center
CubCrafters is building out its house. Because a good portion of the 100 aircraft the Yakima, Washington-based manufacturer plans to build in 2019 are...
Fire Damages Belite Factory
A devastating fire broke out at the manufacturing facility for Belite Aircraft late last week.
EAA: Rutan To Be Celebrated At Oshkosh
No word if he’ll spring a 25th new design on the crowd this year. But who would put it past him?
In Case You Missed It
Chris Pryce’s “KR-2S ish”
The Rand-Robinson KR series turns 50 in 2022 and to celebrate KITPLANES has met...
Editor’s Log
Mary Bernard discusses staff changes at KITPLANES and the new series and columns that are making their debut this month.
Van’s RV-12
In typical fashion, Van’s Aircraft refused to rest on its laurels after the RV-12’s prototype debut last year, and sought to improve on an already good design. The new production airplane has changed (beyond its color), with a castering nosewheel, toe brakes instead of a grip, reshaped control sticks for better clearance, ground-adjustable seats fore and aft as well as in tilt, and the list goes on. Best of all, this day/VFR machine is still a delight to fly; by Ed Kolano.