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

Top deck installation. Photo: Zach Chase/FiberTech Composites

How to & Builder Tips

Finish Glass Work Tips

Glassing the top on: When glassing the tail of the top deck to the aft part of the fuselage there is a problem area....

How to & Builder Tips

The Dave Hulse GlaStar Strut Jig

To borrow this jig, contact Dave Hulse via the members' forum.

Carbon-fiber elevator rib reinforcement

Carbon Fiber Elevator Rib Reinforcements

Mods

GlaStar Elevator Stop Plate Installation Tips

How to & Builder Tips

GlaStar Nose Fork Modification for 5.00 x 5 Wheel and Tire

Mods

Prototyping Your Heart Out: Early Days With the Dynon Autopilot

Mods

GLASAIR

How-to and Builder Tips

Caulking Wing to Fuselage Joint

Submitted by Neal Garvin, Glasair SIIS-RG N15F Here is something to think about when you are getting hammered in severe turbulence. When you permanently (or for the...

Flying

Head in the Clouds

IFR Training in the Glasair Super II Written by Craig O'Neal It was about halfway down the Columbia River Gorge that I decided to get my...

Glasair Fuel Tank Transfer System

How-to and Builder Tips

glasair cowl modification

Modifying 180 HP Lower Cowl to Clear 200 HP Engine

How-to and Builder Tips

Glasair RG Hydraulics

How-to and Builder Tips

Glasair Tail Light Mounting Block

How-to and Builder Tips

PEOPLE & PLACES

Lifestyle

Diesel Sportsman Update

My son and I I flew over to Fry Canyon, UT (UT74), a dirt strip in southeastern Utah. There are several backcountry strips in the...

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

Additional Builder Documents or Loose Paper Management

Ownership

Zenair float CAD

Zenair Announces 2500# Floats for GlaStar and Sportsman Aircraft

News

Spinning the GlaStar

Flying

Alaska to Oshkosh, Part 2

Lifestyle

NASA artist's rendering of a microburst.

Caught by Downdraft on Short Final

Flying

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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

Door held open with magnets

Magnetic Door Holder

Mods

RESOURCES

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

Glasair

Symphony SA 160

Symphony SA 160 Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

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

History of Glasair Aviation

Resources

Stoddard-Hamilton Electrical Parts Cross-Reference

Resources

glastar kit delivered in driveway

New Builder?

Resources

GlaStar assembly

GlaStar Assembly Sequence

Resources

Dave Ammenti's GlaStar

GlaStar 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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