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

Keeping fiberglass parts in a hot attic comes with the risk of warping.

How to & Builder Tips

Fiberglass Parts Warping in Hot Storage

Glenn Culver sent this tip. I've had a problem with warped GlaStar doors after storing them in a hot location. If I were to do it...

Maintenance

Service Bulletin 72 for Sportsman and GlaStar Aircraft

Subject: Autopilots Cable Clamps Applicability: All Sportsman and GlaStar Aircraft Date: 7-11-14 Discussion: There have been several reports of slipping autopilot cables using the clamp system that is...

Fiberglassing Tips

How to & Builder Tips

GlaStar elevator construction start

Elevator Building Tips for the GlaStar and Sportsman

How to & Builder Tips

pneumatic-drill

Drilling Tips

How to & Builder Tips

glastar kit fuselage

General Tips for GlaStar Fuselage Construction

How to & Builder Tips

GLASAIR

How-to and Builder Tips

Glasair Elevator Hinge Offset

Written by Jim Dutton This information may help builders (Glasair and other composite aircraft) who have not yet closed their horizontal stabilizers avoid the dreaded...

Glasair-I wing. Photo: Andy Plunkett

Mods

Upgrading a G-I Wing to G-II Configuration

The original G-I wing can take advantage of a number of later kit components and component locations. First the fuel tank capacity can be increased...

Glasair Fuel Vent Master’s Thesis

How-to and Builder Tips

Superior XP-400 piston. Top two are compression rings and the bottom is the oil control ring.

Engine Break-in

How to & Builder Tips

Testing the Airspeed Indicator

Flying

Engine Control Cable Binding

How-to and Builder Tips

PEOPLE & PLACES

L to R: Steve Zaleski, John Lake, Marc Cook, Dave Hulse, Richard Eastman, Gail Hulse, Tom Fleming, Anita Fleming, Dave Prizio, Mike Meier, Ed Zaleski, Michael Sandling, Mike Ray, Dave Ammenti, Teri Ray, Chris Wills, Brenda Lake, Ann Walker, Anne Ammenti, Dave Carberry, Lynda Ann Farrar with Dave Ammenti's truck (Arlo Reeves behind the camera).

Events

Hillbillies Reunited: Ninth Annual Northern California GlaStar & Sportsman...

Thanks to all who flew to Columbia this year to for our Fly-In and Hillbilly Hoe-Down. It was great fun being there with you! Eleven...

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

Ownership

Glasair Aviation Offering Free Aft Seat Option at Oshkosh 2015

Events

Jeff Lavelle Cleans Up at Reno

Events

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In the Dark She Awaits

Lifestyle

Graceland!

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

glastar kit delivered in driveway

New Builder?

Resources

GlaStar assembly

GlaStar Assembly Sequence

Resources

Strength of Riveted Joints

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 II-S, Photo © Ad Meskens / Wikimedia Commons

History of Glasair Aviation

Resources

Dave Ammenti's GlaStar

GlaStar 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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