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

GlaStar & Sportsman

Scott Alperin’s TWTT Sportsman

Another successful Sportsman homecoming from the TWTT program. Scott Alperin writes: I completed construction of the Glasair Sportsman on November 1, 2016 in the Two...

GlaStar & Sportsman

New Jump-Starts Slash GlaStar Build Time by 50%

The brand-new Jump-Start wing option and an upgrade to the already popular Jump-Start fuselage option have kept GlaStar® interest and sales high in the...

Sportsman Cage Replacement in Cameroon, Africa

Maintenance

chart box under instrument panel

Chart and Storage Box Under the Instrument Panel

Mods

New Larger Instrument Panel for the GlaStar or Sportsman

Mods

Windshield Installation “Bush Fix” When Clecos Run Out

How to & Builder Tips

GLASAIR

How-to and Builder Tips

Glasair Wing Closing Tip – Checking for Water Traps

Submitted by Bob Buckihul In preparation for wing closing, I scrubbed out the fuel tanks with water and Simple Green. After lots of scrubbing and...

Maintenance

EarthX Lithium Iron Phosphate Batteries

I recently became aware of a great battery alternative for Glasair owners. Here is the statement from their website. About EarthX “EarthX, Inc. is a US...

Fillers

How to & Builder Tips

glasair flap plaster molds

Determining Glasair II-S Slotted Flaps Cut Locations

How-to and Builder Tips

Glasair II RG, N131CB: Incident occurred December 30, 2016 in Arlington,...

Flying

Cheap Paint Booth Lessons

How to & Builder Tips

PEOPLE & PLACES

Glasair

All About Gas Caps

The first Glasair kit was shipped over 25 years ago and now there are hundreds flying. In many cases these flying airplanes are introducing...

Crosswind Component Chart

Crosswinds in a GlaStar

Flying

Why We Build: Life with the Sportsman Couldn’t be Better

Ownership

Glasair Aviation Offering Free Aft Seat Option at Oshkosh 2015

Events

Doing Business with the Glasair III

Glasair

GlaStar enlarged cargo door modification

Large Baggage Door for the GlaStar

Mods

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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

Stoddard-Hamilton Electrical Parts Cross-Reference

Resources

Dave Ammenti's GlaStar

GlaStar Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

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

History of Glasair Aviation

Resources

GlaStar assembly

GlaStar Assembly Sequence

Resources

glastar kit delivered in driveway

New Builder?

Resources

Glasair Merlin on its first test flight in Arlington, Washington.

Merlin Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Sensenich Fixed-Pitch Propeller Nomenclature and Repitching

Maintenance

Symphony SA 160

Symphony SA 160 Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

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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