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Tractor to Flush Gas Caps

Mods

Vortex Generators on a Sportsman

Mods

Acme Aero Stinger Tailwheel Suspension in a GlaStar

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GAOA Gathering at Lakeland Florida

GlaStar & Sportsman

What to Expect When You’re Expecting… an Engine

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GLASTAR & SPORTSMAN

aluminum sheet

How to & Builder Tips

Aluminum Skin Protective Plastic

While building and storing the various pieces of your GlaStar it is advisable to leave the white protective coating on the skin sections as...

Cowl-piano-hinge

Mods

Cowl Piano Hinge

A piano hinge for the cowl provides a sleek look with no visible fasteners on the outside. It takes a bit more work to...

GlaStar window installation

GlaStar and Sportsman Window Installation Tips

How to & 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

Easy Muffler Shroud

How to & Builder Tips

Aircraft Spruce rudder pedals in GlaStar

Cast Rudder Pedals

Mods

GLASAIR

Figure 1. View looking down right side - Internal passages FVFV top.

Maintenance

Testing Procedure for Fuel Vent Float Valve Check Valves

There are two check valves installed within the upper housing of the FVFV. One valve is designed to open to allow pressure into the...

How-to and Builder Tips

Caulking Wing to Fuselage Joint

Submitted by Neal Garvin, Glasair SIIS-RG N15F Here is something to think about when you are getting hammered in severe turbulence. When you permanently (or for the...

Nuisance Oil Leaks

Maintenance

Fuel Drains Tip

How-to and Builder Tips

Supercharged Glasair Super II RG

Mods

Marking Parts

How to & Builder Tips

PEOPLE & PLACES

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

Flying

Tail-Low Wheel Landings

I have written several times about the long-standing debate over three-point versus wheel landings in tailwheel equipped airplanes. Of course the debate has been...

Oshkosh AirVenture 2009

Events

So You Want to Fly to Canada, eh?

Lifestyle

Sportsman N2CQ-camping

Airplane Camping in a Sportsman

Lifestyle

Independence, Oregon airport

Independence, Oregon Fly-in 2014 Preview

Events

New Sportsman TC Announced at Oshkosh 2010

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

Stoddard-Hamilton Electrical Parts Cross-Reference

Resources

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

Glasair

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

Merlin Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

SensenichDirect Stoddard-Hamilton Propellers

Glasair

Glasair Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Symphony SA 160

Symphony SA 160 Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Dave Ammenti's GlaStar

GlaStar Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

glastar kit delivered in driveway

New Builder?

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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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