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

Mods

Battery Backup

Two Weeks To Taxi Sportsman have been all built using one of two Odyssey motorcycle batteries. Most taildraggers were built using the PC 680...

fuel filler parts

How to & Builder Tips

Sealing Flush Fuel Necks

Here is an option for sealing the flush fuel necks to the fuel tanks. If you have a metal lathe or have access to...

Andair fuel valve in GlaStar

GlaStar Fuel System Tips

How to & Builder Tips

Sportsman top deck. Photo: Zach Chase, Fibertech Composites

GlaStar Top Deck Installation Tips

How to & Builder Tips

Look Ma, No Mags!

Glasair

Service Bulletin for Dynon Heated Pitot Tubes

Maintenance

GLASAIR

SilverHawk EX

Maintenance

Safety alert: Precision Airmotive Fuel Injection Servos

Attention All Owners of aircraft with Lycoming Fuel Injected Engines. Please read these safety alerts from Precision Airmotive. Hex plug 383493 coming loose from regulator cover. Service...

Glasair

Advanced Aero Components Acquires Glasair II and III Assets

Glasair Aviation USA, LLC. and Advanced Aero Components "AAC" announced the sale of product line assets for the Glasair II and III models. According to Ian...

Level-Headed Observations

How to & Builder Tips

Auxiliary Airbox Retention

Maintenance

Glasair II RG, N131CB: Incident occurred December 30, 2016 in Arlington,...

Flying

Glasair Door Handle Safety Loop

How-to and Builder Tips

PEOPLE & PLACES

Carlos Emmons after the flight with Glauco Nuzzi.

Lifestyle

A Trip to Italy

Sometimes work is such a drag. I got a call on short notice to cover a trip to Rome (bummer). I e-mailed fellow ‘netter Glauco...

Chuck Yeager in front of the Bell X-1. Photo: U.S. Air Force.

Are You a Test Pilot?

Flying

It’s Not About the Airplanes, But the People

Lifestyle

The GlaStar: An Instructor’s Perspective

Flying

Werner Schneider flying his GlaStar in Switzerland

Climbs in a GlaStar

Flying

Columbia 2012. Photo: Arlo Reeves.

11th Annual Northern California GlaStar & Sportsman Fly-In, Oct. 4-6

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

GlaStar Nose Fork Modification for 5.00 x 5 Wheel and Tire

Mods

RESOURCES

Dave Ammenti's GlaStar

GlaStar Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

SensenichDirect Stoddard-Hamilton Propellers

Glasair

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

Merlin Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

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

History of Glasair Aviation

Resources

Symphony SA 160

Symphony SA 160 Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Sensenich Fixed-Pitch Propeller Nomenclature and Repitching

Maintenance

Sportsman carbon-fiber

Sportsman Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

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

Glasair

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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