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

Maintenance

Engine Oil Analysis

When I purchased my GlaStar in February 2013 I had arranged over the phone for a pre-purchase inspection, then upon satisfactory findings, I flew...

Andair fuel valve in GlaStar

How to & Builder Tips

GlaStar Fuel System Tips

Fitting fuel tanks: When fitting the fuel tanks into the wings, the spar spacing at the upper wing surface tends to spread apart when...

Engine disassembly

Engine Overhaul

Maintenance

Same Wheelpants, Bigger Wheels?

How to & Builder Tips

Riveting the GlaStar Top Skins

How to & Builder Tips

GlaStar on Zenair Floats

GlaStar & Sportsman

GLASAIR

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...

How to & Builder Tips

Fitting A McCauley Propeller on a 4-Cylinder Lycoming-Engine Glasair

Stoddard-Hamilton Aircraft does not stock a McCauley spinner installation kit for the Glasair I, II, or GlaStar aircraft. We do stock a McCauley spinner install...

Glasair Elevator Internal Arm Counterweight

How-to and Builder Tips

Keeping fiberglass parts in a hot attic comes with the risk of warping.

Fiberglass Parts Warping in Hot Storage

How to & Builder Tips

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

N24TX Engine Air Inlet and Cooling Design

How-to and Builder Tips

PEOPLE & PLACES

Lifestyle

Tom Needham’s Sportsman Repair Project 2016

Editor’s note: This is a personal request from Ted Setzer to raise funding for a fuselage cage replacement, labor and travel costs for Tom...

NASA artist's rendering of a microburst.

Caught by Downdraft on Short Final

Flying

advanced aero G3

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

Glasair

GlaStar landing accident

A Hard Lesson Learned

Ownership

Columbia 2014. Photo: Dave Ammenti.

12th Annual Northern California Glasair Aircraft Owners Association Fly-in October...

Events

Diesel Sportsman Update

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

Stoddard-Hamilton Electrical Parts Cross-Reference

Resources

glastar kit delivered in driveway

New Builder?

Resources

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

Merlin Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Symphony SA 160

Symphony SA 160 Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Glasair Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Strength of Riveted Joints

Resources

Paint Codes for Matching GlaStar Gelcoat

How to & Builder Tips

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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