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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, recently modernized GlaStar based in western Oregon. Marc has 5000 hours spread over 200-plus types and four decades of flying.

New TECNAM LSA Ships to U.S.

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The carbon fiber/metal TECNAM P2008 LSA debuted at the Friedrichshafen Air Show in April ’09, and the first one is now making its way...

Around the Patch

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Editor-in-Chief Marc Cook comments on Zenith Aircrafts turbulent year following several in-flight breakups of CH 601XL Zodiac aircraft, and the company's response with an extensive update kit.

Around the Patch

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Editor-in-Chief Marc Cook looks at the editorial changes within EAA, and reinforces KITPLANES focus on homebuilding.

Flight Review: Jabiru J230 Light Sport

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Marc Cook flies the nimble, LSA-compliant Jabiru J230, and finds the two-seater offers a smooth ride with a decidedly Outback attitude.

UPDATED: FAA Publishes Special Airworthiness Bulletin on Zenith CH 601XL and...

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UPDATE, Monday November 9, 2009: Zenith has published the Safety Alert for the CH 601XL and CH 650 aircraft. On Saturday November 7, the FAA...

Video Brief: Grand Rapids HX

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Kitplanes' editor-in-chief, Marc Cook, hosts a short segment on flying with the Grand Rapids Technologies' Horizon HX synthetic-vision EFIS. Featuring footage from actual flights,...

Factory Tour: Matco Manufacturing

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KITPLANES editor Marc Cook visits Matco Manufacturing near Salt Lake City to see how the company's brakes, wheels and master cylinders are built.

FAA Releases New Advisory Circular Governing Homebuilt Approvals

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After a lengthy wait and more than a bit of hand-wringing on the part of builders and kit manufacturers, the FAA has finally published...

Avionics Special: Surfing the Rapids

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Marc Cooks installation of Grand Rapids Technologies Horizon HX synthetic vision EFIS is darned near plug-and-play, and works beautifully.

Around the Patch

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Editor-in-Chief Marc Cook reflects on the past years celebration of KITPLANES first quarter century, and finds that predictions for the next 25 years don't come easily.

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Magnetic Bit Holder

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By Kitplanes® Staff.

eBay Biplane

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“Around 2006, I was on eBay quite a bit,” said Doug Eastman of Thornton,...

Rapid Prototyping and Experimental Design

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How to fabricate sandwich panels, part 1.

Flight Review: Revival of the Fittest

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Part Husky, part Cub, the Bearhawk Patrol evokes 1940s-era shapes but with the benefit of today’s advanced manufacturing. By Chuck Berthe.