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

Chris Wills flying over the hills in Southern California

GlaStar & Sportsman

GlaStar vs. Sportsman

I now have about 28 hours in three separate Sportsman planes and about 800 hours in GlaStars, so I feel I am in a...

Flying

Inadvertent Flap Retraction

On our last fuel stop coming home from our Idaho adventures I was landing on a long runway with breezy conditions at KTKX. Due...

New Larger Instrument Panel for the GlaStar or Sportsman

Mods

Wing Support Jig

How to & Builder Tips

Making Cowl Bumps

How to & Builder Tips

Glastar trailer

GlaStar Taildragger Trailer

How to & Builder Tips

GLASAIR

Events

Oshkosh AirVenture 2007

Written by by Greg and Sue Prentiss If I was writing a newspaper headline it would probably read: Hammer Brothers deliver ANOTHER one—two punch for Glasair at AirVenture 2007. A...

FAA Advisory Circular 90-109A

Flying

Advisory Circular: How to Stay Safe in Unfamiliar Aircraft

New AC advises pilots on how to stay safe in unfamiliar aircraft Experimental airplane flights represent only a small component of total general aviation (GA)...

lightweight-small-jack

Lightweight Custom Jack

Maintenance

Glasair Fuel Vent Master’s Thesis

How-to and Builder Tips

Glasair III engine installation

Glasair III Engine Alignment, Cowling, and Spinner Installation

How-to and Builder Tips

Alternate Method for Determining External Dimensions of Slotted Flaps

How-to and Builder Tips

PEOPLE & PLACES

Lifestyle

It’s Not About the Airplanes, But the People

After last year's Columbia fly-in, Arlo Reeves made an astute comment on GlastarNet: “By now I can say with some confidence that it’s not...

first-flight hb-ynd

First Flight or the Thrill of Having a Baby

Flying

Garbage In, Garbage Out

Ownership

John and Brenda Lake in character at the 2011 Columbia gathering.

California Dreamin’ Fly-In 2012, Like Totally, Dude!

Events

Oshkosh AirVenture 2009

Events

The Kit in the Really Big Box

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

GlaStar Nose Fork Modification for 5.00 x 5 Wheel and Tire

Mods

Door held open with magnets

Magnetic Door Holder

Mods

RESOURCES

Paint Codes for Matching GlaStar Gelcoat

How to & Builder Tips

SensenichDirect Stoddard-Hamilton Propellers

Glasair

Dave Ammenti's GlaStar

GlaStar Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Sensenich Fixed-Pitch Propeller Nomenclature and Repitching

Maintenance

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

Merlin Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Stoddard-Hamilton Electrical Parts Cross-Reference

Resources

Glasair Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

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

History of Glasair Aviation

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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