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

Maintenance

Aux Fuel Pump

One of my aux tank pumps stopped working, so I decided to remove it and take it apart. New pumps are not expensive but...

lightweight-small-jack

Maintenance

Lightweight Custom Jack

Steve and I recently installed a set of Thomas Cox’s jack pads on our tricycle-gear GlaStar. These beautifully machined pads fit perfectly and will...

Sportsman fuel sender unit

How Much Fuel Do We Have?

How to & Builder Tips

Secondary Bonding Characteristics of DBM

GlaStar & Sportsman

Flap Gap Seal Sportsman N11YM_02

Flap Gap Seals Reduce Stall Speed

Mods

Steve Sutton loading baggage through the original GlaStar cargo door. Photo: Kathy Sutton.

Ten Things You Can Do to Help Him Build the Airplane

How to & Builder Tips

GLASAIR

Flying

Glasair II RG, N131CB: Incident occurred December 30, 2016 in Arlington,...

Aircraft experienced electrical failure and made forced landing off airport in Arlington, Washington A single-engine plane landed without its gear fully extended near Arlington Municipal...

How-to and Builder Tips

Landing Gear Extension Spring Installation Tool

Many builders have had difficulty installing their gear extension springs. The following is a technique sent in by David Gengenbach that could make your...

Glasair Engine to Fuselage Alignment

How-to and Builder Tips

Spoiler Bumps on Half Fork Gear Doors

How-to and Builder Tips

Engine disassembly

Engine Overhaul

Maintenance

My First 1000 Hours

Glasair

PEOPLE & PLACES

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...

Oshkosh AirVenture 2011

Events

Smiley Creek flightline. Photo: Dave Hulse

Smiley Creek 2016 is a Success

Events

Florida to Washington

Lifestyle

Jeff Lavelle Cleans Up at Reno

Events

GlaStar enlarged cargo door modification

Large Baggage Door for the GlaStar

Mods

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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

GlaStar assembly

GlaStar Assembly Sequence

Resources

Sensenich Fixed-Pitch Propeller Nomenclature and Repitching

Maintenance

Symphony SA 160

Symphony SA 160 Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

glastar kit delivered in driveway

New Builder?

Resources

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

Merlin Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

SensenichDirect Stoddard-Hamilton Propellers

Glasair

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

Glasair

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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