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

Steve Brault's Sportsman landing at Arlington Municipal. Photo by Terry Green/Hawg Wild Photography.

Mods

Cylinder Head and Oil Temperature Management on a Glasair Sportsman

There have been numerous threads on the Glasair Owners Forum related to engine cooling and dealing with high oil temperatures and high cylinder head...

How to & Builder Tips

Bucking Bars

This builder tip was submitted by Scott Gordon, kit #5031. I have noted over the last year comments about bucking bars in tight places. I...

Engine Plumbing

How to & Builder Tips

Martin Baumer's GlaStar rear seat

Martin Baumer’s Glastar Rear Seats

Mods

Sportsman Transfer Pump Filters

How to & Builder Tips

Hidden oil door

Flush Oil Door

Mods

GLASAIR

How-to and Builder Tips

Aileron Fabrication and Counterweight Installation

Submitted by Charles Lutin While building my Glasair Super II, I have been highly impressed at the strength and quality of the construction produced by...

lightweight-small-jack

Maintenance

Lightweight Custom Jack

Steve and I recently installed a set of Thomas Cox’s jack pads on our tricycle-gear GlaStar. These beautifully machined pads fit perfectly and will...

Engine Oil Analysis

Maintenance

PMag Pirep

Maintenance

Glasair Aft Chord Line Board

How-to and Builder Tips

Keeping fiberglass parts in a hot attic comes with the risk of warping.

Fiberglass Parts Warping in Hot Storage

How to & Builder Tips

PEOPLE & PLACES

Lifestyle

Alaska to Oshkosh

It had always been in the back of my mind while building the GlaStar to someday make the Oshkosh trip.

Florida to Washington

Lifestyle

Caribbean archipelago

Caribbean Puddle Jumpers

Lifestyle

Columbia 2014

Events

L to R: Steve Zaleski, John Lake, Marc Cook, Dave Hulse, Richard Eastman, Gail Hulse, Tom Fleming, Anita Fleming, Dave Prizio, Mike Meier, Ed Zaleski, Michael Sandling, Mike Ray, Dave Ammenti, Teri Ray, Chris Wills, Brenda Lake, Ann Walker, Anne Ammenti, Dave Carberry, Lynda Ann Farrar with Dave Ammenti's truck (Arlo Reeves behind the camera).

Hillbillies Reunited: Ninth Annual Northern California GlaStar & Sportsman...

Events

Zenair float CAD

Zenair Announces 2500# Floats for GlaStar and Sportsman Aircraft

News

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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

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

Merlin Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Dave Ammenti's GlaStar

GlaStar Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Glasair Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Stoddard-Hamilton Electrical Parts Cross-Reference

Resources

glastar kit delivered in driveway

New Builder?

Resources

GlaStar assembly

GlaStar Assembly Sequence

Resources

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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