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

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GLASTAR & SPORTSMAN

How to & Builder Tips

GlaStar Elevator Stop Plate Installation Tips

DON'T do it like the manual says! The drawings show the stop plate mounted below the elevator bellcrank with the spacer pack modified to...

Martin Baumer taking off from Boeing Field

Flying

Normal Takeoffs in a GlaStar

Want a wonderful way to start the day? It's amazing thinking about what it took to get you here, ready to fly your GlaStar. Congratulations! You...

DIY Upholstery

How to & Builder Tips

Steve Sutton loading baggage through the original GlaStar cargo door. Photo: Kathy Sutton.

Ten Things You Can Do to Help Him Build the Airplane

How to & Builder Tips

Sportsman cargo net

Cargo Net for Sportsman

Mods

The Zen of Riveting

How to & Builder Tips

GLASAIR

Glasair N48AG RG

Flying

Spin Testing the Glasair RG

Written by Bob Herendeen Earlier this year I was asked by Bob Gavinsky, Vice President of engineering at Stoddard-Hamilton Aircraft, if I would be interested in...

Glasair Super II-S N902S

Glasair

First Flights of N902S Modified to Super II-S Configuration

Our prototype II-S with the 32% larger horizontal stabilizer modified last fall has been undergoing more extensive rework to configure it representative of our...

Gerry Hodnefield’s Glasair II-S First Flight

Glasair

Doing Business with the Glasair III

Glasair

Lyle Powell’s 600 Hours in the Glasair III

How-to and Builder Tips

Are You a Safe Pilot?

Flying

PEOPLE & PLACES

Lifestyle

Aerial Photography

So you’ve got your GlaStar, or Glasair, or Sportsman all finished. Years of effort, toil, lots of money, and probably a few drops of...

Glasair I – Still Strong After 20 Years

Flying

Stephen & son Michael Eastman check out the flightline. Photo: Arlo Reeves.

Report from the Columbia 2009 Fly-In

Events

GlaStar landing accident

A Hard Lesson Learned

Ownership

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

Are You a Test Pilot?

Flying

Columbia 2014. Photo: Dave Ammenti.

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

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

Strength of Riveted Joints

Resources

Sportsman carbon-fiber

Sportsman Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Stoddard-Hamilton Electrical Parts Cross-Reference

Resources

Symphony SA 160

Symphony SA 160 Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Glasair Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

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

History of Glasair Aviation

Resources

Sensenich Fixed-Pitch Propeller Nomenclature and Repitching

Maintenance

SensenichDirect Stoddard-Hamilton Propellers

Glasair

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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