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

How to & Builder Tips

Sportsman Transfer Pump Filters

I installed fuel filters between my tip tanks and Facet transfer pumps after one pump failed due to FOD. Facet specifies a 74 micron filter...

Glastar wing strut attach point cover

How to & Builder Tips

Paul Sather’s Neat GlaStar Innovations

Paul Sather has some neat innovations in his GlaStar.

GlaStar nose wheel bearings. Photo: Arlo Reeves.

Wheel Bearings

How to & Builder Tips

GlaStar Elevator Stop Plate Installation Tips

How to & Builder Tips

glastar fuel system

Modified GlaStar Fuel Vent System

Mods

Trevor Berg’s Sportsman on Floats

GlaStar & Sportsman

GLASAIR

How-to and Builder Tips

Glasair Engine Cooling

These mods have been documented in the past but mainly on Sportsmans and GlaStars. I want to add that the Glasair with its tight...

How-to and Builder Tips

Glasair Aft Chord Line Board

Submitted by Fred & Chris Van Raden, Glasair II-S RG builders After wing closing and before removing the wing from the jig, install the wing...

Glasair Torque Values

How-to and Builder Tips

Improving the Glasair II Models

Glasair

Fiberglassing Tips

How to & Builder Tips

Glasair Gear Door Gaps

How-to and Builder Tips

PEOPLE & PLACES

Lifestyle

We Got High in Colorado

Steve and I just returned from our fall flying trip to Kentucky and Colorado. While in Colorado, we got totally out of control (zones)‚...

sportsman on beach with gear

Special Introductory Pricing on Superior-Powered Sportsman: $154,995

News

Stall warning vane

GlaStar Stall Warning

Flying

Tom Flemming's GlaStar on landing. (Photo: Dave Prizio)

Tail-Low Wheel Landings

Flying

Photo: Bidgee [CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)]

Flying In Poor Weather

Flying

Award Winners at AirVenture Oshkosh 2016

Events

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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

Glasair Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Symphony SA 160

Symphony SA 160 Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Dave Ammenti's GlaStar

GlaStar Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

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

History of Glasair Aviation

Resources

SensenichDirect Stoddard-Hamilton Propellers

Glasair

Sensenich Fixed-Pitch Propeller Nomenclature and Repitching

Maintenance

GlaStar assembly

GlaStar Assembly Sequence

Resources

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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