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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.

Product Review: Garmin GMA 240

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Garmins latest com offering is a streamlined audio panel/intercom that doesn't do everything, but what it does-nav/com, music, muting and pilot isolate-it does exceptionally well. By Marc Cook.

Around the Patch

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Editor-in-Chief Marc Cook looks closely the TSAs proposed badging plan for GA aircraft, which was buried in the Large Aircraft Security Program (LASP). Also, is there a chance for a Superior Air Parts revival?

Company Profile: Kitfox

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Kitplanes editor Marc Cook profiles Kitfox during a visit to the company's Homedale, Idaho, headquarters.

Cessna 162 SkyCatcher Update

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Marc Cook talks with Neal Willford, Cessna Aircraft's project engineer on the 162 SkyCatcher. Neal was kind enough to share the inside scoop on the SkyCatcher's journey to market.

U.S. Sport Aviation Expo 2009: LSA Engine Survey

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For an overview of the three top choices in the light sport segment, Marc Cook visits Rotax, Jabiru, and Continental on the grounds of the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo in Sebring, Florida.

MGL Infinity Singles

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MGL Avionics/Stratomaster has cut a nice swath through the EFIS and discrete-electronic-instrument world. The company’s ALT-1, from its Infinity Singles line, makes a good, low-cost backup altimeter with a surprising list of features. By Marc Cook.

25th Anniversary: Engines of Change

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In the days of the Wright brothers, the Flyer would have been impossible had the boys not endeavored to develop their own powerplant. While the Experimental/Amateur-Built movement has been carried aloft by versions of certified aircraft engines, the alternative engine movement has provided viable options for builders. By Marc Cook.

Feel the Buzz: Electric Aircraft Symposium Starts April 24

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The Third Annual Electric Aircraft Symposium will convene on Friday, April 24 at the Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos, California (11 miles south...

Wicks Introduces New Adel Clamp Tool

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C'mon...we all have stories to tell about needing a third or fourth hand to install a padded (Adel) clamp in our projects. Builders attempting...

Sensenich Introduces New Rotax 912 Prop, Small Lycoming Version Coming Soon

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Sensenich Propeller announced a new composite three-blade, fixed-pitch, ground-adjustable propeller last month that uses an innovative pitch-setting "slug" said to greatly improve blade angle...

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2021 Homebuilt Aircraft Directory

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Over 1000 aircraft to choose from.

How I Cross-Country

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Way back in the previous century—closer to the middle of the century than the...