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

SilverHawk EX

Maintenance

Safety alert: Precision Airmotive Fuel Injection Servos

Attention All Owners of aircraft with Lycoming Fuel Injected Engines. Please read these safety alerts from Precision Airmotive. Hex plug 383493 coming loose from regulator cover. Service...

GlaStar bulkhead B

How to & Builder Tips

GlaStar Bulkhead Installation Tips

Bulkhead layups: On my last trip to Germany, I purchased special brushes designed for painting behind radiators. They are about 18" long with the...

Automatic center-punch

Locating and Center-Punching Holes

How to & Builder Tips

Common Questions and Answers About the GlaStar

GlaStar & Sportsman

GlaStar flap under construction

GlaStar and Sportsman Flap Construction Tips

How to & Builder Tips

GlaStar fuselage assembly jig

GlaStar Fuselage Assembly Tips

How to & Builder Tips

GLASAIR

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...

How-to and Builder Tips

Fuel Vent Float Valves

We felt that the following schematic of the FVFVs would help to better understand their function. Though Glasairs have been operating successfully for 15...

lightweight-small-jack

Lightweight Custom Jack

Maintenance

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

Are You a Test Pilot?

Flying

Lycoming Oil Pressure Port

How to & Builder Tips

AoA Indicator

How-to and Builder Tips

PEOPLE & PLACES

hans-guttman-back-in-austria

Flying

Around the World in 59 Days

In the Beginning, the Dream... Since I was a child, I had the dream of building an airplane and flying it around the world. Now,...

Dave Hulse landing his GlaStar

Crosswinds in the GlaStar

Flying

Tom Flemming's GlaStar on landing. (Photo: Dave Prizio)

Tail-Low Wheel Landings

Flying

Eaton 604JH105.

Starting the Engine Safely

Flying

Survival Gear

Ownership

Jeff Lavelle Cleans Up at Reno

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

SensenichDirect Stoddard-Hamilton Propellers

Glasair

GlaStar assembly

GlaStar Assembly Sequence

Resources

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

History of Glasair Aviation

Resources

Strength of Riveted Joints

Resources

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

Glasair

Paint Codes for Matching GlaStar Gelcoat

How to & Builder Tips

Sensenich Fixed-Pitch Propeller Nomenclature and Repitching

Maintenance

Dave Ammenti's GlaStar

GlaStar 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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