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

Roll servo located under the copilot seat.

How to & Builder Tips

S-TEC 30 Installation for GlaStar

Parts not supplied by S-TEC: Two pulleys MS 20219-4 Two bolts AN 4-23 (to replace the existing forward aileron pulleys bolts) Location of sub-assemblies Turn coordinator/roll...

How to & Builder Tips

Leading Edge Lights

Flyleds LED lights in the GlaStar's leading edge - how to make the bracket and form the acrylic lens.

GlaStar Brakes, Gear and Wheel Installation Tips

How to & Builder Tips

Door held open with magnets

Magnetic Door Holder

Mods

GlaStar towbar storage Click Bond mount

Tow-Bar Rack

Mods

Aux Fuel Pump

Maintenance

GLASAIR

How-to and Builder Tips

Glasair Elevator Trim Cable Crimping Tool

The 3/64" elevator trim cables in the Glasair are secured with two NicoPress sleeves (P/N 450-0002-015) per end. Stoddard-Hamilton supplies these sleeves because they’re...

Maintenance

Engine Oil Analysis

When I purchased my GlaStar in February 2013 I had arranged over the phone for a pre-purchase inspection, then upon satisfactory findings, I flew...

Glasair Wheel Pants and Nose Gear Strut Fairings

How-to and Builder Tips

Lycoming IO-360 engine

200-hp Engines in a Glasair FT?

How-to and Builder Tips

Safety alert: Precision Airmotive Fuel Injection Servos

Maintenance

Glasair Gear Door Gaps

How-to and Builder Tips

PEOPLE & PLACES

Glasair

All About Gas Caps

The first Glasair kit was shipped over 25 years ago and now there are hundreds flying. In many cases these flying airplanes are introducing...

We Got High in Colorado

Lifestyle

Wolfgang Drahanowski’s GlaStar Flies

Flying

BRS System Available for GlaStar & Sportsman

Mods

Spinning the GlaStar

Flying

Alaska to Oshkosh

Lifestyle

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ARTICLES YOU MAY HAVE MISSED

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

Alaska to Oshkosh, Part 3

Lifestyle

RESOURCES

SensenichDirect Stoddard-Hamilton Propellers

Glasair

glastar kit delivered in driveway

New Builder?

Resources

Paint Codes for Matching GlaStar Gelcoat

How to & Builder Tips

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

Merlin Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Strength of Riveted Joints

Resources

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

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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