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

Hidden comm antenna

How to & Builder Tips

Hidden Tail Com Antenna

Paul Hansen installed his com antenna in the tail using an innovative ground plane.

GlaStar seat pan inspection cutouts

Mods

Seat Pan Inspection Access Cutouts

This modification was submitted by Jim Rose. These are my GlaStar seat pans with the inspection plates added. I found this necessary as I wanted to...

GlaStar baggage floor supporting flange

James Siebel’s Flat Baggage Floor

Mods

Gap sealing tape

Scotch Electrical Tape for Sealing Gaps

How to & Builder Tips

Glasair I – Still Strong After 20 Years

Flying

Nose Rib Alignment Aid

How to & Builder Tips

GLASAIR

Glasair

All About Gas Caps

The first Glasair kit was shipped over 25 years ago and now there are hundreds flying. In many cases these flying airplanes are introducing...

How-to and Builder Tips

Glasair Wing Closing Tip – Checking for Water Traps

Submitted by Bob Buckihul In preparation for wing closing, I scrubbed out the fuel tanks with water and Simple Green. After lots of scrubbing and...

Rib Shaping Made Easy

How-to and Builder Tips

Cake Frosting Applicator for Applying Resin/Mill Fiber Mix Warning

How-to and Builder Tips

Glasair Engine to Fuselage Alignment

How-to and Builder Tips

Glasair Gear Down Problem Avidance

How-to and Builder Tips

PEOPLE & PLACES

Events

So, you would like to fly into AirVenture at Oshkosh?

You've not done it, but there it is, on your bucket list, maybe at the top. You want to fly your GlaStar, Sportsman or...

Flying along the west coast of the Dead Sea.

Italy to Israel in a GlaStar

Lifestyle

Columbia 2012. Photo: Arlo Reeves.

11th Annual Northern California GlaStar & Sportsman Fly-In, Oct. 4-6

Events

The GlaStar: An Instructor’s Perspective

Flying

Stall warning vane

GlaStar Stall Warning

Flying

Wrangell St. Elias National Park

Matt Freeman’ s GlaStar Accident in Alaska

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

GlaStar Nose Fork Modification for 5.00 x 5 Wheel and Tire

Mods

RESOURCES

SensenichDirect Stoddard-Hamilton Propellers

Glasair

Sportsman carbon-fiber

Sportsman Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Dave Ammenti's GlaStar

GlaStar Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

glastar kit delivered in driveway

New Builder?

Resources

Glasair Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

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

History of Glasair Aviation

Resources

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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