Glasair Aircraft Owners Association

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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

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GLASTAR & SPORTSMAN

GlaStar air induction filter

How to & Builder Tips

Air Induction Injection Filter

Tom Lempicke submitted this tip about the GlaStar's air induction filter for a fuel-injected engine. One of the things we are up against in putting...

Maintenance

Service Bulletin 73 for GlaStar and Sportsman: Garmin GSA 28 Autopilot...

Glasair Aviation issued Service Bulletin 73 for all Sportsman and GlaStar Aircraft equipped with Garmin GSA 28 autopilot servos. From the Service Bulletin: Compliance Time: Before...

Marking Parts

How to & Builder Tips

GlaStar gear swap in progress. Photo: Werner Schneider.

Trike vs. Tail-dragger

GlaStar & Sportsman

Glastar left wing in jig

GlaStar Wing Trailing Edges

How to & Builder Tips

Steve Sutton loading baggage through the original GlaStar cargo door. Photo: Kathy Sutton.

Ten Things You Can Do to Help Him Build the Airplane

How to & Builder Tips

GLASAIR

How-to and Builder Tips

Canopy Door Seals

Written by Bob Buckthal, Glasair II-S FT My canopy/doors fit perfectly. And then I installed the door seal and the doors wouldn’t close. After thorough investigation...

Cooling ramps improve airflow

Mods

Cooling Ramps

These are cowling inlet ramps that help significantly with keeping cylinder head temperatures down during extended climbs in hot weather. They can be ordered...

Safety alert: Precision Airmotive Fuel Injection Servos

Maintenance

Unsticking Cleveland Master Cylinders

How-to and Builder Tips

Glasair Super III

Flying

Nutplate Jig

How to & Builder Tips

PEOPLE & PLACES

Glasair-Sportsman-in-the-dark-2

Lifestyle

In the Dark She Awaits

Last night I took our Davis DA2A up for a wonderful sunset flight. I marveled at how responsive that little airplane is, how delightfully...

Stall warning vane

GlaStar Stall Warning

Flying

Flying to Alaska

Lifestyle

Garbage In, Garbage Out

Ownership

Diesel Sportsman Update

Lifestyle

It’s Not About the Airplanes, But the People

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

GlaStar assembly

GlaStar Assembly Sequence

Resources

Paint Codes for Matching GlaStar Gelcoat

How to & Builder Tips

Glasair Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Symphony SA 160

Symphony SA 160 Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Sensenich Fixed-Pitch Propeller Nomenclature and Repitching

Maintenance

glastar kit delivered in driveway

New Builder?

Resources

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

Merlin Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Strength of Riveted Joints

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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