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

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...

Aileron fences on the OMF Symphony

GlaStar & Sportsman

OMF Symphony Aileron Fences and Vortex Generators

Just to show there are multiple ways to skin a cat, we are showing how some things are done on the OMF Symphony. -Editor We spent...

Using an Engine Dehumidifier

Maintenance

Preparing the gel coat. Photo: Zach Chase

GlaStar Fuselage Finish Tips

How to & Builder Tips

Sportsman Cage Replacement in Cameroon, Africa

Maintenance

New glass installed. Note the 12" spun aluminum wheels and bead locks.

The “SuperStar”

GlaStar & Sportsman

GLASAIR

lightweight-small-jack

Maintenance

Lightweight Custom Jack

Steve and I recently installed a set of Thomas Cox’s jack pads on our tricycle-gear GlaStar. These beautifully machined pads fit perfectly and will...

How to & Builder Tips

Level-Headed Observations

This builder hint concerns the lowly instrument called the "level." No matter what kind of aircraft you are building, everything evolves from what is referred...

John Burnaby’s Glasair Engine Control Quadrant

How-to and Builder Tips

All About Gas Caps

Glasair

PMag Pirep

Maintenance

Aileron and Flap Trailing Edges

How-to and Builder Tips

PEOPLE & PLACES

Dick King on Fly-by. Photo by Carlos Emmons.

Events

2013 Rough River Annual Fly-In

The 2013 Rough River Annual Fly-In will be held September 13-15 at the Rough River Dam, Kentucky. The Fly-in is hosted by the local...

Superior XP-360 roller lifters

Superior Engine Build School

Ownership

The GlaStar: An Instructor’s Perspective

Flying

Martin Baumer taking off from Boeing Field

Normal Takeoffs in a GlaStar

Flying

Spins in a GlaStar

Flying

Vapor Lock Causes Trouble Over Water

Flying

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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

Sensenich Fixed-Pitch Propeller Nomenclature and Repitching

Maintenance

Glasair I, II, III Options & Accessories Catalog (Archive)

Glasair

Dave Ammenti's GlaStar

GlaStar Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

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

History of Glasair Aviation

Resources

Stoddard-Hamilton Electrical Parts Cross-Reference

Resources

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

Merlin Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

glastar kit delivered in driveway

New Builder?

Resources

Sportsman carbon-fiber

Sportsman 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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