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

Flying

Spins in a GlaStar

I did my required spin training for the instructor's rating in the second, demo GlaStar. (Learned to fly in a Luscombe, didn't enjoy spinning...

Hidden comm antenna

How to & Builder Tips

Hidden Tail Com Antenna

Paul Hansen installed his com antenna in the tail using an innovative ground plane.

Glasair Sportsman in Alaska

Extended Heavy-Duty Landing Gear

Mods

Picking Up/Unloading Your Kit

How to & Builder Tips

glastar kit delivered in driveway

New Builder?

Resources

Marking Parts

How to & Builder Tips

GLASAIR

MS21042 Nut

Maintenance

Nose Wheel Service Suggestion

In a recent e-mail message from a Glasair RG builder, I was told about an incident he had experienced while landing, in which the...

Custom molded heated pitot tube by Eric Jones

How to & Builder Tips

Streamlined Heated Pitot Tube

Want a unique pitot tube? Follow these instructions from Eric Jones and build a custom heated pitot tube. Eric Jones can be reached via his...

My First 1000 Hours

Glasair

Oshkosh AirVenture 2011

Events

Glasair Fuel Tank Transfer System

How-to and Builder Tips

N24TX Engine Air Inlet and Cooling Design

How-to and Builder Tips

PEOPLE & PLACES

Flying

The GlaStar: An Instructor’s Perspective

By Michael Crowell, reprinted with permission from INFLIGHT Magazine Mike is a CFII, Advanced and Instrument Ground Instructor, an FAA Safety Counselor, and a check...

Buying and Selling a Pre-Owned Airplane

Ownership

Columbia 2014. Photo: Dave Ammenti.

12th Annual Northern California Glasair Aircraft Owners Association Fly-in October...

Events

Wolfgang Drahanowski’s GlaStar Flies

Flying

John Lake cruising in his GlaStar N484VM

GlaStar Cruise

Flying

Florida to Washington

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

Strength of Riveted Joints

Resources

Symphony SA 160

Symphony SA 160 Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Glasair Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

SensenichDirect Stoddard-Hamilton Propellers

Glasair

Sensenich Fixed-Pitch Propeller Nomenclature and Repitching

Maintenance

Paint Codes for Matching GlaStar Gelcoat

How to & Builder Tips

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

Glasair

Sportsman carbon-fiber

Sportsman Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

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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