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

Mods

GlaStar Nose Fork Modification for 5.00 x 5 Wheel and Tire

Upsizing the wheel and tire to 5x5 size gives 1-3/8" more prop clearance. Extending the fork down 1-1/4" gives a total gain of 2-5/8" prop clearance.

Pilot logbook cover

Flying

LODA

Glasair Aviation announced recently that the company received a LODA (Letter of Deviation Authority) to conduct flight training in their experimental aircraft. A LODA authorizes...

Scott Alperin’s TWTT Sportsman

GlaStar & Sportsman

SensenichDirect Stoddard-Hamilton Propellers

Glasair

Engine disassembly

Engine Overhaul

Maintenance

Chuck Yeager in front of the Bell X-1. Photo: U.S. Air Force.

Are You a Test Pilot?

Flying

GLASAIR

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...

Flying

Head in the Clouds

IFR Training in the Glasair Super II Written by Craig O'Neal It was about halfway down the Columbia River Gorge that I decided to get my...

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

Testing Procedure for Fuel Vent Float Valve Check Valves

Maintenance

Glasair RG Gear Strut Servicing

Maintenance

Unsticking Cleveland Master Cylinders

How-to and Builder Tips

Aircraft Spruce rudder pedals in GlaStar

Cast Rudder Pedals

Mods

PEOPLE & PLACES

Lifestyle

Heavy Hauler

People want to know just how much you can carry in a Sportsman. I tell them it will carry anything that will fit unless...

The GlaStar: An Instructor’s Perspective

Flying

How many people can escape a shower under one GlaStar wing? John Lake, Steve Tillinghast, Margaret & Charlie Burton, Heidi Tillinghast, Mike & Teri Ray, Arlo Reeves, Dave Ammenti and photographer Ann Walker can.

The 8th Annual Columbia Fly-In is a Success!

Events

Towing the Line – Glider Operations with the GlaStar

Flying

Right rudder, right rudder, right rudder...

Transition Training Challenges

Flying

The other useful piece of equipment essential for the Australian Outback – the fly hat!

Third Time Across Australia

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

Door held open with magnets

Magnetic Door Holder

Mods

RESOURCES

Stoddard-Hamilton Electrical Parts Cross-Reference

Resources

Sensenich Fixed-Pitch Propeller Nomenclature and Repitching

Maintenance

Sportsman carbon-fiber

Sportsman Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

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

Merlin Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Glasair Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Paint Codes for Matching GlaStar Gelcoat

How to & Builder Tips

Dave Ammenti's GlaStar

GlaStar Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Symphony SA 160

Symphony SA 160 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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