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....

Mods

LED Lights From Baja Designs

These lights were on sale a few weeks ago so I took the plunge and bought a pair in SPOT pattern - these are intended...

GlaStar fuselage assembly jig

GlaStar Fuselage Assembly Tips

How to & Builder Tips

Redesigned Sportsman float struts

Float Rigging Design & Maintenance, Part 1

Maintenance

Testing the Airspeed Indicator

Flying

Auxiliary Airbox Retention

Maintenance

GLASAIR

How-to and Builder Tips

Glasair Elevator Hinge Offset

Written by Jim Dutton This information may help builders (Glasair and other composite aircraft) who have not yet closed their horizontal stabilizers avoid the dreaded...

How-to and Builder Tips

Spoiler Bumps on Half Fork Gear Doors

Submitted by Jim Sipprelle, Glasair I RG Jim Sipprelle sent Stoddard-Hamilton a fax about some spoiler bumps that he has tried on his landing gear half...

Design and Construction of Embedded Antennas for Glasairs

How-to and Builder Tips

First Flight of Bill Kerschbaum’s Glasair I-RG

Flying

Glasair I Flap Ratchet Plate

Mods

glasair cowl modification

Modifying 180 HP Lower Cowl to Clear 200 HP Engine

How-to and Builder Tips

PEOPLE & PLACES

Crosswind Component Chart

Flying

Crosswinds in a GlaStar

On a very windy, gusty Saturday Bill Janes and I flew to a nearby airport to attend an EAA Chapter meeting. Because I learned...

Superior XP-360 roller lifters

Superior Engine Build School

Ownership

BRS System Available for GlaStar & Sportsman

Mods

So You Want to Fly to Canada, eh?

Lifestyle

Martin Baumer taking off from Boeing Field

Normal Takeoffs in a GlaStar

Flying

Trevor Berg’s Sportsman on Floats

GlaStar & Sportsman

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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

Sportsman carbon-fiber

Sportsman Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

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

History of Glasair Aviation

Resources

Paint Codes for Matching GlaStar Gelcoat

How to & Builder Tips

Strength of Riveted Joints

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

GlaStar assembly

GlaStar Assembly Sequence

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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