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Tractor to Flush Gas Caps

Mods

Vortex Generators on a Sportsman

Mods

Acme Aero Stinger Tailwheel Suspension in a GlaStar

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GAOA Gathering at Lakeland Florida

GlaStar & Sportsman

What to Expect When You’re Expecting… an Engine

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GLASTAR & SPORTSMAN

GlaStar & Sportsman

Common Questions and Answers About the GlaStar

Q. Why metal wings from a company with so much experience with composites? A. The design objective's drove this decision, primarily the low-cost objective, composite's...

How to & Builder Tips

Installing the Navaid AP-1 Wing Leveler in the GlaStar

Submitted by Al Sibley, GlaStar I have finally arrived at what I consider an acceptable design for the installation of the Navaid AP-1 wing leveler servo...

Build Your Own Auxiliary Fuel Tanks

How to & Builder Tips

Towing the Line – Glider Operations with the GlaStar

Flying

Flush Riveting Tips

How to & Builder Tips

Level-Headed Observations

How to & Builder Tips

GLASAIR

How-to and Builder Tips

Glasair Wing Rotation Jig

This tip was submitted by Jerry Shilt. The picture is of some jigs I made to rotate the wing by myself and as you can...

Maintenance

Magnetic Engine Protection

I went through some expensive engine difficulties after having rebuilt an IO-360 engine for my Sportsman. The lifters and camshaft lobes showed signs of...

G2 and G3 Main Landing Gear from Advanced Aero

Glasair

Engine Plumbing

How to & Builder Tips

Spoiler Bumps on Half Fork Gear Doors

How-to and Builder Tips

Lyle Powell’s 600 Hours in the Glasair III

How-to and Builder Tips

PEOPLE & PLACES

Glasair

Doing Business with the Glasair III

"You try to do too many things when we go someplace," is a comment I'll sometimes hear from my wife, Bonita. And I guess...

NASA artist's rendering of a microburst.

Caught by Downdraft on Short Final

Flying

Alaska to Oshkosh

Lifestyle

Bill Yamokoskis GlaStar in flight.

GlaStar Required Nose-up Trim

Flying

GlaStar enlarged cargo door modification

Large Baggage Door for the GlaStar

Mods

Spins in a GlaStar

Flying

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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

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

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

History of Glasair Aviation

Resources

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

Glasair

Sportsman carbon-fiber

Sportsman Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Stoddard-Hamilton Electrical Parts Cross-Reference

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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