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GLASTAR & SPORTSMAN

Chris Wills with the GlaStar (left) and Sportsman he built.
GlaStar & Sportsman

GlaStar versus Sportsman: How do they really stack up?

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

Inadvertent Flap Retraction

On our last fuel stop coming home from our Idaho adventures I was landing on a long runway with breezy conditions at KTKX. Due...

Differences in the Sportsman vs. GlaStar

GlaStar & Sportsman

Marking Parts

How to & Builder Tips

Shimmy Fix for Nose-Heavy GlaStars

Maintenance

Keeping Oil Temperatures Low

How to & Builder Tips

GLASAIR

Flying

Accident Briefs, November 1994

As FAA and National Transportation Safety Board reports can take up to one year to be published, advanced publication of accidents in this column...
How-to and Builder Tips

Landing Gear Extension Spring Installation Tool

Many builders have had difficulty installing their gear extension springs. The following is a technique sent in by David Gengenbach that could make your...
Glasair III engine installation

Glasair III Engine Alignment, Cowling, and Spinner Installation

How-to and Builder Tips

Technique for Cutting Stainless Engine Mount Backing Plates

How-to and Builder Tips
Superior XP-400 piston. Top two are compression rings and the bottom is the oil control ring.

Engine Break-in

How to & Builder Tips
Engine disassembly

Engine Overhaul

Maintenance

PEOPLE & PLACES

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