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

Glastar left wing in jig

GlaStar & Sportsman

So, When Will You Be Ready to Fly?

When do you think you'll be ready to fly?" This is the question my husband Steve and I are always asked when a friend...

Van's cowl air scoop on GlaStar

Mods

RV Air Intake Adaption for GlaStar

Here is a pictorial report of using the cowl air scoop from Van's and adapting it to the GlaStar cowling.

Marc’s Sportsman: The Trim Saga

Maintenance

GlaStar Elevator Stop Plate Installation Tips

How to & Builder Tips

Wiring the Wings

How to & Builder Tips

Paint Codes for Matching GlaStar Gelcoat

How to & Builder Tips

GLASAIR

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...

How-to and Builder Tips

AoA Indicator

Submitted by Carter Boswell The multicolor rectangle thing on the glare shield is my AOA indicator in the “up” position. When retracted it sits flush...

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Glasair Overhead GPS Antenna Tray

How-to and Builder Tips

Lyle Powell’s 600 Hours in the Glasair III

How-to and Builder Tips

First Flight of Bill Kerschbaum’s Glasair I-RG

Flying

glasair flap plaster molds

Determining Glasair II-S Slotted Flaps Cut Locations

How-to and Builder Tips

PEOPLE & PLACES

Ownership

Can an Aircraft Be Too Safe?

Can you imagine that? I was hit with this question after I returned from Oshkosh. And that question was from an underwriter no less. Pilots,...

We Got High in Colorado

Lifestyle

Marc’s Sportsman: Wrapping Up the Annual

Maintenance

Second First Flight

Ownership

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First Flight or the Thrill of Having a Baby

Flying

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

Symphony SA 160

Symphony SA 160 Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Sportsman carbon-fiber

Sportsman Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

glastar kit delivered in driveway

New Builder?

Resources

Stoddard-Hamilton Electrical Parts Cross-Reference

Resources

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

History of Glasair Aviation

Resources

GlaStar assembly

GlaStar Assembly Sequence

Resources

Glasair Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Sensenich Fixed-Pitch Propeller Nomenclature and Repitching

Maintenance

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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