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

servo-tab-clevis-rod

Mods

GlaStar Aileron Servo Tab

This is an old topic, however I would like to point out what I have experienced. After my first flight in N12YR (July 2012),...

O-360, fixed pitch, Van's induction system and baffling. Photo: Martin Baumer

How to & Builder Tips

GlaStar Air Induction Tips

Air induction placement: Place your air induction NACA scoop on the lower left side of the cowling. In tuft testing, this area had straight...

GlaStar fuselage assembly jig

GlaStar Fuselage Assembly Tips

How to & Builder Tips

GlaStar Nose Fork Modification for 5.00 x 5 Wheel and Tire

Mods

Cooling baffles

Baffles Reduce Cylinder Temperatures

How to & Builder Tips

Aircraft Spruce rudder pedals in GlaStar

Cast Rudder Pedals

Mods

GLASAIR

How-to and Builder Tips

Unsticking Cleveland Master Cylinders

This tip was written by Richard May, Glasair III. I came across something interesting while assembling my brake system. On my left brake master cylinder, I...

How-to and Builder Tips

Mating the Wing to the Fuselage

Submitted by Chris Smith Gustavus, Alaska I just passed another milestone in building my IIS RG-connecting the wing and the fuselage. I only have a few...

Glasair RG Inspection Alert: Landing Gear Trunion

Maintenance

Electronic Landing Gear Pump Drive Circuit

Mods

Service Bulletin for Dynon Heated Pitot Tubes

Maintenance

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

Glasair

PEOPLE & PLACES

Lifestyle

Heavy Hauler

People want to know just how much you can carry in a Sportsman. I tell them it will carry anything that will fit unless...

Dave Hulse landing his GlaStar

Landings in a GlaStar Without That “Sinking Feeling”

Flying

Oshkosh AirVenture 2009

Events

Are You a Safe Pilot?

Flying

Werner Schneider flying his GlaStar in Switzerland

Climbs in a GlaStar

Flying

How many people can escape a shower under one GlaStar wing? John Lake, Steve Tillinghast, Margaret & Charlie Burton, Heidi Tillinghast, Mike & Teri Ray, Arlo Reeves, Dave Ammenti and photographer Ann Walker can.

The 8th Annual Columbia Fly-In is a Success!

Events

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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

Door held open with magnets

Magnetic Door Holder

Mods

RESOURCES

Paint Codes for Matching GlaStar Gelcoat

How to & Builder Tips

Stoddard-Hamilton Electrical Parts Cross-Reference

Resources

Sensenich Fixed-Pitch Propeller Nomenclature and Repitching

Maintenance

Strength of Riveted Joints

Resources

Dave Ammenti's GlaStar

GlaStar Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

GlaStar assembly

GlaStar Assembly Sequence

Resources

Sportsman carbon-fiber

Sportsman Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

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

History of Glasair Aviation

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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