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 fuel tank

How to & Builder Tips

Fuel Tank Testing

To be sure a fuel tank has no leaks it is best to test it with a solvent-type fluid colored with dye. This will...

Mods

Seat Cushion for the Tall Aviator

I built my Sportsman via the Two-weeks-to-taxi program in November, 2018. The seat cushions that come with the TWTT Sportsman are fine for most...

Spinning the GlaStar

Flying

Bill Yamokoskis GlaStar in flight.

GlaStar Required Nose-up Trim

Flying

Spark plug tray, adjusting tool, gap gage, spark plug socket and extension, magneto timer, torque wrench, combination wrenches, ratchet, socket and extension

Tools to Maintain Your Sportsman or GlaStar

Maintenance

A GlaStar fuselage undergoing load testing at Glasair

GlaStar Cargo Door Update

Mods

GLASAIR

Maintenance

EarthX Lithium Iron Phosphate Batteries

I recently became aware of a great battery alternative for Glasair owners. Here is the statement from their website. About EarthX “EarthX, Inc. is a US...

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...

Marking Electrical Wires and Connectors

How to & Builder Tips

Spray Gun Lowdown

Glasair

Hazardous Chemicals in the Building Process

Maintenance

glasair flap plaster molds

Determining Glasair II-S Slotted Flaps Cut Locations

How-to and Builder Tips

PEOPLE & PLACES

Lifestyle

Graceland!

Made it back from Memphis, TN today. Nice stretch of N19HL legs. We added two more states to our list (Tennessee, and Arkansas), and got...

Superior XP-400 piston. Top two are compression rings and the bottom is the oil control ring.

Engine Break-in

How to & Builder Tips

The GlaStar: An Instructor’s Perspective

Flying

Wolfgang Drahanowski’s GlaStar Flies

Flying

Buying and Selling a Pre-Owned Airplane

Ownership

Tom Needham’s Sportsman Repair Project 2016

Lifestyle

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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

Glasair Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

SensenichDirect Stoddard-Hamilton Propellers

Glasair

GlaStar assembly

GlaStar Assembly Sequence

Resources

Dave Ammenti's GlaStar

GlaStar Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Sportsman carbon-fiber

Sportsman Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Sensenich Fixed-Pitch Propeller Nomenclature and Repitching

Maintenance

glastar kit delivered in driveway

New Builder?

Resources

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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