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Build Your Own Auxiliary Fuel Tanks
Soon after purchasing my GlaStar, N757C, from her original owner and builder I contacted Glasair Aviation and inquired about the price of factory-built auxiliary...
GlaStar Folding Baggage Compartment Floor
I followed instructions in the builder’s manual to demarcate the fore and aft baggage areas for loading restrictions.
The aft baggage area has a flat...
Engine Break-in
Break-in of an engine refers primarily to the initial phase of operation in which the piston rings will "seat" against the cylinder walls.
Run-in refers...
Glasair Exhaust Systems
Noise
Noise, as it pertains to our discussion here, is simply unwanted sound. Many people are bothered and angered by aircraft noise. Although in metropolitan...
Landings in a GlaStar Without That “Sinking Feeling”
On December 13th, 1994, Tom Hamilton (idea man extraordinaire, designer, and head of the design team for the GlaStar) handed me the keys to...
