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.
Van’s Aircraft Releases Tech Summary on Laser-Cut Parts
Van’s released a series of documents that are the result of hundreds of fatigue-test coupons and countless hours of data examination and reduction.
Wiring Tool Favorites
The more your build—or modify or maintain your Experimental—the more you come to understand the need for specialist tools.
Our Top 10 Web Stories of 2023
Since 2024 is just rolling in the door and we’ve closed the books on ‘23, time to take a look at our most popular web stories from the last year.
2024 Homebuilt Aircraft Buyer’s Guide
It’s said that change is inevitable but with it comes opportunity. We’re taking that to heart this issue, which debuts a new format for...
Van’s Bankruptcy Update, Next Steps
We interview Clyde Hamstreet, whose company, Hamstreet & Associates, specializes in recovering companies in distress.
Van’s Begins Informing Builders of New Agreements
As predicted last week, prices have gone up, with some builders reporting increases beyond the expected 35%.
Van’s Updates Kit Pricing and Ordering Policies
Van’s Aircraft will be raising kit prices approximately 32%—the result of an intensive internal assessment and cost review.
Van’s Bankruptcy: How Did They Get Here?
How can the largest and most successful company in the kit-aircraft world find itself in this situation?
Commentary: Why Van’s Shouldn’t Kill the RV-15
Some have suggested that the only “right” thing for Van’s to do is kill (or at least shelve for now) the RV-15.
Van’s Aircraft Files for Chapter 11
Van’s Aircraft, facing multiple crises and a serious cash crunch, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection today. According to the company, this is ”a...
In Case You Missed it
Light Stuff
Dave Martin samples one of the three PiperSport LSA models introduced at the Sebring Expo, and finds it to his liking.
Demand and Supply
We’re all tired of talking about the COVID-19 pandemic, I’m certain, but there’s no...
Hanging up the Spurs
As I write this, it is August 31, 2020, which wouldn’t normally mean anything...