He worked on staff at AOPA Pilot magazine from 1988 to 1999, and is a regular contributor to AOPA's Flight Training magazine. He was responsible for overseeing the restoration of three sweepstakes aircraft for the association. ("Nothing like back-to-back restoration projects to gray the hair," he says.) Until recently, he owned a Beech P-35 Bonanza, but currently flies a nearly original '69 Bellanca Turbo Viking -- orange shag carpet and all -- owned by Troy Foster.Read the rest of Marc's Motor Head columns here.