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 rudder in the construction jig

How to & Builder Tips

GlaStar and Sportsman Rudder Construction Tips

Tip fairing: You may need to cut the rear of the rudder tip fairing off if it is too long and glass on a...

GlaStar fuselage assembly jig

GlaStar Fuselage Assembly Tips

How to & Builder Tips

FAA Advisory Circular 90-109A

Advisory Circular: How to Stay Safe in Unfamiliar Aircraft

Flying

GlaStar air induction filter

Air Induction Injection Filter

How to & Builder Tips

Chris Wills flying over the hills in Southern California

GlaStar vs. Sportsman

GlaStar & Sportsman

GLASAIR

How-to and Builder Tips

Rib Shaping Made Easy

Submitted by Don Kinney Fitting the wing ribs aft of the main spar can be pretty time-intensive and frustrating, so here's a system I came...

Eaton 604JH105.

Flying

Starting the Engine Safely

This tip was submitted by Tom Hoffman, Glasair III. With 650 hours on the aircraft, N54ODE recently experienced failure of the starter solenoid, which is not...

Fuel Drains Tip

How-to and Builder Tips

Transponder Performance

How-to and Builder Tips

First Flight of Ed Hoeppner’s Glasair III

Glasair

My First 1000 Hours

Glasair

PEOPLE & PLACES

Engine disassembly

Maintenance

Engine Overhaul

As part of requirement to obtain my A&P certificate, I was to witness a few more engine overhauls, so I called Poplar Grove Airmotive...

Glastar trailer

GlaStar Taildragger Trailer

How to & Builder Tips

Stephen & son Michael Eastman check out the flightline. Photo: Arlo Reeves.

Report from the Columbia 2009 Fly-In

Events

advanced aero G3

Advanced Aero Announces Production of G2 and G3, Web Store, and...

Glasair

Ferrying Sportsman N124MK Back to the U.S.

GlaStar & Sportsman

Caribbean archipelago

Caribbean Puddle Jumpers

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

Dave Ammenti's GlaStar

GlaStar Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Stoddard-Hamilton Electrical Parts Cross-Reference

Resources

Sensenich Fixed-Pitch Propeller Nomenclature and Repitching

Maintenance

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

History of Glasair Aviation

Resources

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

Glasair

Glasair Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

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

Merlin 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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