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

Chris Wills flying over the hills in Southern California

GlaStar & Sportsman

GlaStar vs. Sportsman

I now have about 28 hours in three separate Sportsman planes and about 800 hours in GlaStars, so I feel I am in a...

How to & Builder Tips

Replacing The Whisperflos

The Whisperflo vents that came with my TWTT Sportsman are quite leaky. I ended up taping them over from the back side during the...

Keeping Oil Temperatures Low

How to & Builder Tips

Measuring Catalyst

How to & Builder Tips

Seat Cushion for the Tall Aviator

Mods

Marking Parts

How to & Builder Tips

GLASAIR

How-to and Builder Tips

Aileron Fabrication and Counterweight Installation

Submitted by Charles Lutin While building my Glasair Super II, I have been highly impressed at the strength and quality of the construction produced by...

Glasair

Advanced Aero Components Acquires Glasair II and III Assets

Glasair Aviation USA, LLC. and Advanced Aero Components "AAC" announced the sale of product line assets for the Glasair II and III models. According to Ian...

Brake Caliper Threaded Rod Separation

Maintenance

glastar kit delivered in driveway

New Builder?

Resources

Cyanoacrylate Glues

How-to and Builder Tips

Glasair VH-KJX airborne

First Flight of Bruce Kirkwood’s Glasair Super II

Flying

PEOPLE & PLACES

Glasair

My First 1000 Hours

Written by Ed Covington I am a 1982 homebuilt Glasair from Washington State. My parts were designed by Tom Hamilton and fabricated by his company,...

Alaska to Oshkosh

Lifestyle

Inadvertent Flap Retraction

Flying

Vapor Lock Causes Trouble Over Water

Flying

Heavy Hauler

Lifestyle

Pitch your tent anywhere at Tok, Alaska.

North to Alaska

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

SensenichDirect Stoddard-Hamilton Propellers

Glasair

Strength of Riveted Joints

Resources

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

History of Glasair Aviation

Resources

GlaStar assembly

GlaStar Assembly Sequence

Resources

Dave Ammenti's GlaStar

GlaStar Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

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

Glasair

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

Merlin Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Sensenich Fixed-Pitch Propeller Nomenclature and Repitching

Maintenance

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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