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

GlaStar COM antenna placement forward of bulkhead B

How to & Builder Tips

GlaStar Antenna Installation Tips

Transponder ground plane: Make your aluminum ground plane for your transponder as large as possible for effective use. I placed mine under the pilot's...

Wiring through the nose ribs. Photo: Russ Beers.

How to & Builder Tips

Planning for Wiring Runs in the Wings

Tips are great when you read them before you go down the wrong path. Here are a few that could save you some headache...

Auto-Timer parts

Fuel Transfer Pump Auto-Timer Group Purchase

Mods

Sportsman SB 74 Tailwheel Assembly Compressing Foam Core

Sportsman Service Bulletin #74 – Fuselage Tail Cone Damage

GlaStar & Sportsman

A New Water Rudder Design

Mods

The PTI SuperStar Offers Proven Technology in a Futuristic Package

GlaStar & Sportsman

GLASAIR

bug plug - prevent insects from crawling in

Maintenance

Bug Plug

How to make an inexpensive plug to keep bugs out of your airplane Buy a 100-pack of bright orange “fuzzy sticks." Used to be commonly...

Cooling ramps improve airflow

Mods

Cooling Ramps

These are cowling inlet ramps that help significantly with keeping cylinder head temperatures down during extended climbs in hot weather. They can be ordered...

John Burnaby’s Glasair Engine Control Quadrant

How-to and Builder Tips

Eaton 604JH105.

Starting the Engine Safely

Flying

Caulking Wing to Fuselage Joint

How-to and Builder Tips

Firewall Grommet Alternative

How to & Builder Tips

PEOPLE & PLACES

Glasair

Doing Business with the Glasair III

"You try to do too many things when we go someplace," is a comment I'll sometimes hear from my wife, Bonita. And I guess...

Pitch your tent anywhere at Tok, Alaska.

North to Alaska

Lifestyle

Herb Karkheck at SnF 2014

Sun ‘n Fun 2014 Postcard

Events

Landing at Oshkosh.

AirVenture – Oshkosh 2013

Events

Building a GlaStar—Presentation by Dave Prizio

Events

We Got High in Colorado

Lifestyle

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ARTICLES YOU MAY HAVE MISSED

Leading Edge Lights

How to & Builder Tips

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

Door held open with magnets

Magnetic Door Holder

Mods

RESOURCES

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

Merlin Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Glasair Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Symphony SA 160

Symphony SA 160 Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

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

Glasair

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

History of Glasair Aviation

Resources

Sensenich Fixed-Pitch Propeller Nomenclature and Repitching

Maintenance

Strength of Riveted Joints

Resources

glastar kit delivered in driveway

New Builder?

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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