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

Steve Brault's Sportsman landing at Arlington Municipal. Photo by Terry Green/Hawg Wild Photography.

Mods

Cylinder Head and Oil Temperature Management on a Glasair Sportsman

There have been numerous threads on the Glasair Owners Forum related to engine cooling and dealing with high oil temperatures and high cylinder head...

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...

Prop gauged by spinner. Photo: Randi Ernst

Propeller and Spinner Installation Tips

How to & Builder Tips

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First Flight or the Thrill of Having a Baby

Flying

Trimming Doors

How to & Builder Tips

GlaStar Development Report

GlaStar & Sportsman

GLASAIR

Mods

Glasair I Flap Ratchet Plate

Submitted by Stan Gorman Flap actuation is much easier with this "saw tooth" ratchet plate, especially 35° and 50° position. Note: Glasair II & III ratchet...

Maintenance

EarthX Lithium Iron Phosphate Batteries

I recently became aware of a great battery alternative for Glasair owners. Here is the statement from their website. About EarthX “EarthX, Inc. is a US...

My First 1000 Hours

Glasair

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

Engine Break-in

How to & Builder Tips

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Glasair Overhead GPS Antenna Tray

How-to and Builder Tips

Glasair III Emergency Gear Extension System

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...

So You Want to Fly to Canada, eh?

Lifestyle

Caribbean archipelago

Caribbean Puddle Jumpers

Lifestyle

GlaStar enlarged cargo door modification

Large Baggage Door for the GlaStar

Mods

Spinning the GlaStar

Flying

Columbia 2014

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

glastar kit delivered in driveway

New Builder?

Resources

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

Glasair

Glasair Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Sensenich Fixed-Pitch Propeller Nomenclature and Repitching

Maintenance

Paint Codes for Matching GlaStar Gelcoat

How to & Builder Tips

SensenichDirect Stoddard-Hamilton Propellers

Glasair

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

Merlin Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

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

History of Glasair Aviation

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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