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

Finished GlaStar cowl. Photo: Dustin Paulson

How to & Builder Tips

GlaStar Cowling Installation Tips

Cowling installation: The Lycoming cowling instructions say that you need to have the prop and spinner installed before you attempt to install the cowling....

Muffler shroud

How to & Builder Tips

Easy Muffler Shroud

This is an easy way to make a mold for a muffler shroud layup. I pegged a board which I clamped to the table of...

Cargo door mod installed on the GlaStar

Glastar Cargo Door Mod

Mods

Spinning the GlaStar

Flying

glastar fuel tank

Fuel Tank Testing

How to & Builder Tips

A GlaStar fuselage undergoing load testing at Glasair

GlaStar Cargo Door Update

Mods

GLASAIR

Maintenance

Hazardous Chemicals in the Building Process

As you build and maintain your airplane you will likely use a number of hazardous chemicals. Knowing how to handle these chemicals safely and what...

How-to and Builder Tips

Nose Gear Wheel Fairing

Submitted by Don Jessup, Wellsboro PA, Glasair Super II FT When you are fitting the nose wheel fairing the manual suggests a 7/8" space above the wheel fairing...

Precise Flight Speed Brake

Precise Flight Speed Brakes in a Glasair

How-to and Builder Tips

Engine Plumbing

How to & Builder Tips

Taming the Tail Wheel Shimmy

How to & Builder Tips

Fillers

How to & Builder Tips

PEOPLE & PLACES

GlaStar landing accident

Ownership

A Hard Lesson Learned

Submitted for publication by Tim Rittal. Sunday, October 7, 2007 was a beautiful evening with clear skies and calm winds, a perfect time to get...

Pitch your tent anywhere at Tok, Alaska.

North to Alaska

Lifestyle

Glasair Aviation Offering Free Aft Seat Option at Oshkosh 2015

Events

Why We Build: Life with the Sportsman Couldn’t be Better

Ownership

Smiley Creek Fly-in (Photo: Alan Negrin)

2014 Smiley creek, Idaho Fly-In Preview

Events

Werner Schneider flying his GlaStar in Switzerland

Climbs 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

Symphony SA 160

Symphony SA 160 Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

GlaStar assembly

GlaStar Assembly Sequence

Resources

Glasair Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Sportsman carbon-fiber

Sportsman Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

SensenichDirect Stoddard-Hamilton Propellers

Glasair

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

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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