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

Maintenance

Service Bulletin 72 for Sportsman and GlaStar Aircraft

Subject: Autopilots Cable Clamps Applicability: All Sportsman and GlaStar Aircraft Date: 7-11-14 Discussion: There have been several reports of slipping autopilot cables using the clamp system that is...

Flying

How I Pranged my Sportsman

It was Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014, and I was on a flight from my airport in Richland, WA, direct to Nehalem Bay State at...

The PTI SuperStar Offers Proven Technology in a Futuristic Package

GlaStar & Sportsman

Glastar scissor jack

Lightweight Jack

How to & Builder Tips

Revised GlaStar Upper Door Latch

Mods

Picking Up/Unloading Your Kit

How to & Builder Tips

GLASAIR

How-to and Builder Tips

Glasair Wheel Pants and Nose Gear Strut Fairings

Written by Jim Dutton Glasair FT Builders - file this information away for future reference when you start installation of the wheel pants and nose...

Glasair

Advanced Aero Components Acquires Glasair II and III Assets

Glasair Aviation USA, LLC. and Advanced Aero Components "AAC" announced the sale of product line assets for the Glasair II and III models. According to Ian...

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Glasair Overhead GPS Antenna Tray

How-to and Builder Tips

Caulking Wing to Fuselage Joint

How-to and Builder Tips

Fuel Drains Tip

How-to and Builder Tips

Mylar Gap Seals

Mods

PEOPLE & PLACES

Dave Hulse landing his GlaStar

Flying

Normal Landings in a GlaStar

When flying at airshows, it's not uncommon to have many aircraft of various approach speeds all headed for the same or parallel runways at...

Glasair-I TD landing light schematic. Image: Andy Plunkett

Additional Builder Documents or Loose Paper Management

Ownership

Denali From FL240

Lifestyle

Pilot logbook cover

LODA

Flying

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Special Introductory Pricing on Superior-Powered Sportsman: $154,995

News

Engine disassembly

Engine Overhaul

Maintenance

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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

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

Merlin Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

glastar kit delivered in driveway

New Builder?

Resources

Sensenich Fixed-Pitch Propeller Nomenclature and Repitching

Maintenance

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

Glasair

SensenichDirect Stoddard-Hamilton Propellers

Glasair

Stoddard-Hamilton Electrical Parts Cross-Reference

Resources

Sportsman carbon-fiber

Sportsman Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Strength of Riveted Joints

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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