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

GAOA Merchandise: Order yours today!

GLASTAR & SPORTSMAN

Aileron fences on the OMF Symphony

GlaStar & Sportsman

OMF Symphony Aileron Fences and Vortex Generators

Just to show there are multiple ways to skin a cat, we are showing how some things are done on the OMF Symphony. -Editor We spent...

Low corners on the sides of the instrument panel enhance visibility, but the center column could impede access and reduce leg comfort. Photo: Peter Braswell.

How to & Builder Tips

GlaStar Systems Installation Tips

Flap handle detent notches: Trial-fit flap detent notches in the flap actuator lever between the seats prior to chroming. I had to widen my aft-most...

bug plug - prevent insects from crawling in

Bug Plug

Maintenance

glastar kit fuselage

General Tips for GlaStar Fuselage Construction

How to & Builder Tips

glastar-fuel-vent-check-valve

Vent Check Valve

How to & Builder Tips

John Lake cruising in his GlaStar N484VM

GlaStar Cruise

Flying

GLASAIR

How-to and Builder Tips

Hinge Pin Safetying

This tip provided by Barry Bieber, Glasair II-S RG. Here is the method 1 used to safety my aileron and flap hinges. The method First, add 1-3/8"...

How-to and Builder Tips

Electric Trim Option for the Glasair Elevator

Submitted by Jim Dutton During an e-mail discussion about elevator trim systems, with Dick Dobson and Brooks Robinson, Dick mentioned he had installed an electric...

When Good Hydraulic Pumps Go Bad

Maintenance

Glasair VH-KJX airborne

First Flight of Bruce Kirkwood’s Glasair Super II

Flying

Glasair Super II-TD

Glasair Model Designators

Glasair

Caulking Wing to Fuselage Joint

How-to and Builder Tips

PEOPLE & PLACES

John and Brenda Lake in character at the 2011 Columbia gathering.

Events

California Dreamin’ Fly-In 2012, Like Totally, Dude!

Join us at the Tenth Annual Northern California GlaStar & Sportsman Fly-In on October 6-7 in the Gold Country town of Columbia, California, for...

Marc’s Sportsman: Wrapping Up the Annual

Maintenance

Bike Contortions

Ownership

Spinning the GlaStar

Flying

Ferrying Sportsman N124MK Back to the U.S.

GlaStar & Sportsman

Denali From FL240

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

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

Glasair

GlaStar assembly

GlaStar Assembly Sequence

Resources

Sportsman carbon-fiber

Sportsman Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Sensenich Fixed-Pitch Propeller Nomenclature and Repitching

Maintenance

Glasair Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

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

Merlin Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

SensenichDirect Stoddard-Hamilton Propellers

Glasair

Strength of Riveted Joints

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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