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

O-360, fixed pitch, Van's induction system and baffling. Photo: Martin Baumer

How to & Builder Tips

GlaStar Air Induction Tips

Air induction placement: Place your air induction NACA scoop on the lower left side of the cowling. In tuft testing, this area had straight...

GlaStar & Sportsman

The PTI SuperStar Offers Proven Technology in a Futuristic Package

Written by Tom Richardi, an A&P and a licensed propeller technician who built the Propulsion Technologies, Inc., GlaStar, N11KN. I was working in the shop one...

GlaStar training wheel

Demo GlaStar Tailwheel

Mods

Use of Van’s Induction Air Scoop in a GlaStar

How to & Builder Tips

Oil Cooler N11YM

Thoughts on Cooling

How to & Builder Tips

GlaStar nose wheel bearings. Photo: Arlo Reeves.

Wheel Bearings

How to & Builder Tips

GLASAIR

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...

Glasair

G2 and G3 Main Landing Gear from Advanced Aero

Advanced Aero Components has the first new prototype main landing gear of the G2 and G3 aircraft. The company made some major upgrades to this...

Fitting A McCauley Propeller on a 4-Cylinder Lycoming-Engine Glasair

How to & Builder Tips

Glasair Wheel Pants and Nose Gear Strut Fairings

How-to and Builder Tips

advanced aero G3

Advanced Aero Announces Production of G2 and G3, Web Store, and...

Glasair

Changing the GlaStar Seat Back Angle

How-to and Builder Tips

PEOPLE & PLACES

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...

FAA Advisory Circular 90-109A

Advisory Circular: How to Stay Safe in Unfamiliar Aircraft

Flying

hans-guttman-back-in-austria

Around the World in 59 Days

Flying

A GlaStar wing under construction.

Builder’s Risk Insurance – Protection for the Parts

Ownership

GlaStar N533WW Down in Utah

Flying

The GlaStar: An Instructor’s Perspective

Flying

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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

Symphony SA 160

Symphony SA 160 Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Glasair Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Sportsman carbon-fiber

Sportsman Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Stoddard-Hamilton Electrical Parts Cross-Reference

Resources

Dave Ammenti's GlaStar

GlaStar Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Sensenich Fixed-Pitch Propeller Nomenclature and Repitching

Maintenance

Paint Codes for Matching GlaStar Gelcoat

How to & Builder Tips

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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