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.
More Than You Bargained For
It doesn't take a fortune to get a homebuilt aircraft completed and flying, and we look at a few designs that prove the point. By Marc Cook and Mary Bernard.
TCM on Fuels: Can 94UL Replace 100LL?
AvWeb's Paul Bertorelli continues coverage from Teledyne Continental Motors' press function today: Continental is moving forward with its research to pitch 94UL as a replacement...
Continental Unveils Diesel Engine Project
AvWeb's Paul Bertorelli is in Mobile, Alabama, at the Teledyne Continental Motors headquarters for an alternative fuels summit. Here is the first of his...
Electric Aircraft Symposium
With electric airplanes continuing to gain favor, the fifth annual Electric Aircraft Symposium was held recently, and here's a video report from Kitplanes magazine...
Europa Returns!
Europa Aircraft is gearing up for the future with new leadership, a larger, more sophisticated manufacturing facility, and a sales force on the move.
New Honda Aircraft Engine Breaks Cover
Well, not really. But we found this project while practicing a little work avoidance (ah, that would be research) here at the KITPLANES world...
New Ace Aircraft Website Goes Live
The home of the Ace family of kitbuilt aircraft, including the Junior Ace 6 and the Junior Ace E, is now supported by a...
DeltaHawk Engine Update
DeltaHawk will be the first to admit they've been plodding along on the diesel engine certification project like...forever. Actually, it's been 14 years. But they think they'll have a production engine available this year. Here's KITPLANES editor Marc Cook with an update.
Around the Patch
Editor in Chief Marc Cook finds himself in the unique position of being able to compare performance of his GlaStar Sportsman with two different Hartzell props.
Product Review: BrightLine Pilot Bag
The BrightLine Bag is the ideal accessory for pilots who like a place for everything and everything in its place. By Marc Cook.
In Case You Missed it
The Home Machinist (Part 10)
You're not alone if you've been flummoxed or frustrated when trying to decode technical drawings or blueprints. They seem to use a language all their own, one that many of us are not privy to. Fear not. Author Bob Fritz will give you the tools you need to visualize the item being described, and hell make such documents intelligible to the uninitiated.
A Sign of the Zodiac (Part 5)
Builder Rick Lindstrom’s Zenith Zodiac 601 XL project continues as he discusses the successes and setbacks he experienced along the way to the first flight; by Rick Lindstrom.
