Glasair Aircraft Owners Association

Mods

Tractor to Flush Gas Caps

Mods

Vortex Generators on a Sportsman

Mods

Acme Aero Stinger Tailwheel Suspension in a GlaStar

Events

GAOA Gathering at Lakeland Florida

GlaStar & Sportsman

What to Expect When You’re Expecting… an Engine

GAOA Merchandise: Order yours today!

GLASTAR & SPORTSMAN

Werner Schneider flying his GlaStar in Switzerland

Flying

Climbs in a GlaStar

I marvel at the feel and authority of the GlaStar in a climb, especially at slow airspeeds. Let's look at a normal climb, best...

Mods

New Larger Instrument Panel for the GlaStar or Sportsman

Fibertech Composites has come out with a new a panel that will handle just about any combination of instruments. No need to settle for...

Cracked Sportsman nosegear bushing

Sportsman Nose Gear Bushing Inspection

Maintenance

Proportional Servo Elevator Trim Control For the Glastar

Mods

Andair fuel valve in GlaStar

GlaStar Fuel System Tips

How to & Builder Tips

pneumatic-drill

Drilling Tips

How to & Builder Tips

GLASAIR

FAA Advisory Circular 90-109A

Flying

Advisory Circular: How to Stay Safe in Unfamiliar Aircraft

New AC advises pilots on how to stay safe in unfamiliar aircraft Experimental airplane flights represent only a small component of total general aviation (GA)...

Maintenance

Magnetic Engine Protection

I went through some expensive engine difficulties after having rebuilt an IO-360 engine for my Sportsman. The lifters and camshaft lobes showed signs of...

Creature Comfort

How to & Builder Tips

Spark plug tray, adjusting tool, gap gage, spark plug socket and extension, magneto timer, torque wrench, combination wrenches, ratchet, socket and extension

Tools to Maintain Your Sportsman or GlaStar

Maintenance

Glasair RG Gear Strut Servicing

Maintenance

Technique for Cutting Stainless Engine Mount Backing Plates

How-to and Builder Tips

PEOPLE & PLACES

Lifestyle

Flying to Alaska

Some places just enchant you. No matter how many times you go there it isn’t enough. Alaska is like that for me. It was...

L to R: Steve Zaleski, John Lake, Marc Cook, Dave Hulse, Richard Eastman, Gail Hulse, Tom Fleming, Anita Fleming, Dave Prizio, Mike Meier, Ed Zaleski, Michael Sandling, Mike Ray, Dave Ammenti, Teri Ray, Chris Wills, Brenda Lake, Ann Walker, Anne Ammenti, Dave Carberry, Lynda Ann Farrar with Dave Ammenti's truck (Arlo Reeves behind the camera).

Hillbillies Reunited: Ninth Annual Northern California GlaStar & Sportsman...

Events

Lakes and Suttons over Idaho. Photo: Arlo Reeves.

Smiley Creek 2017

Events

Landing at Oshkosh.

AirVenture – Oshkosh 2013

Events

Alaska to Oshkosh, Part 3

Lifestyle

Graceland!

Lifestyle

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ARTICLES YOU MAY HAVE MISSED

Leading Edge Lights

How to & Builder Tips

Building a GlaStar—Presentation by Dave Prizio

Events

Sportsman Kits Available Again

News

Making Cowl Bumps

How to & Builder Tips

GlaStar Nose Fork Modification for 5.00 x 5 Wheel and Tire

Mods

RESOURCES

Strength of Riveted Joints

Resources

Sensenich Fixed-Pitch Propeller Nomenclature and Repitching

Maintenance

Dave Ammenti's GlaStar

GlaStar Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Glasair II-S, Photo © Ad Meskens / Wikimedia Commons

History of Glasair Aviation

Resources

Glasair Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Stoddard-Hamilton Electrical Parts Cross-Reference

Resources

Sportsman carbon-fiber

Sportsman Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

glastar kit delivered in driveway

New Builder?

Resources

ABOUT US

The Glasair Aircraft Owners Association is the one must-join association for Glasair, GlaStar, Sportsman 2+2, Merlin, and OMF Symphony builders, owners, pilots, and enthusiasts. If you’re currently building, flying—or dreaming of building and flying one—this is the place for you! We are not affiliated with Glasair Aviation, LLC., but we maintain a great working relationship. Our members can be found worldwide.

Disclaimer: This website contains information submitted by our members about building their airplanes. Some methods they employ may differ from the factory instructions. Builders are advised that they are responsible for their own construction methods and should check with the factory if any of the information included on this website differs from the factory manuals. The Glasair Aircraft Owners Association has not checked the accuracy or safety of any information included on these web pages and any users of this information do so completely at their own risk.

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