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

chart box under instrument panel

Mods

Chart and Storage Box Under the Instrument Panel

Al Sibley provided this mod for a storage compartment hat sits under the instrument panel on the center tunnel. Others might have already done something...

How to & Builder Tips

Baffle Seals

Good baffle seals are critical if the airplane is to spend time hanging on the prop at full throttle. These are AMS3320-spec glass-reinforced silicone, using...

O-360, fixed pitch, Van's induction system and baffling. Photo: Martin Baumer

GlaStar Baffling Tips

How to & Builder Tips

Easy Muffler Shroud

How to & Builder Tips

Flap Gap Seal Sportsman N11YM_02

Flap Gap Seals Reduce Stall Speed

Mods

Martin Baumer's GlaStar rear seat

Martin Baumer’s Glastar Rear Seats

Mods

GLASAIR

Flying

Accident Briefs, September 1994

As FAA and National Transportation Safety Board reports can take up to one year to be published, advanced publication of accidents in this column...

Maintenance

Brake Caliper Threaded Rod Separation

An email from one of our members with a Glasair II-RG prompted a flurry of activity these last few days. As you can see, the...

Auxiliary Airbox Retention

Maintenance

Glasair Tips After Two Years of Flying

How-to and Builder Tips

FAA Advisory Circular 90-109A

Advisory Circular: How to Stay Safe in Unfamiliar Aircraft

Flying

Glasair Door Handle Safety Loop

How-to and Builder Tips

PEOPLE & PLACES

Flying

Are You a Safe Pilot?

Do you consider yourself a safe pilot? Why? When you make a flight in your GlaStar, Sportsman or other aircraft, what kinds of pre-flight...

Superior XP-360 roller lifters

Superior Engine Build School

Ownership

Ted Setzer's Sportsman

Independence, Oregon Fly-in Set for August 14-16 2015

Events

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).

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

Events

Bill Yamokoskis GlaStar in flight.

GlaStar Required Nose-up Trim

Flying

How many people can escape a shower under one GlaStar wing? John Lake, Steve Tillinghast, Margaret & Charlie Burton, Heidi Tillinghast, Mike & Teri Ray, Arlo Reeves, Dave Ammenti and photographer Ann Walker can.

The 8th Annual Columbia Fly-In is a Success!

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

GlaStar assembly

GlaStar Assembly Sequence

Resources

Glasair Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Dave Ammenti's GlaStar

GlaStar Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Sportsman carbon-fiber

Sportsman Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

glastar kit delivered in driveway

New Builder?

Resources

Paint Codes for Matching GlaStar Gelcoat

How to & Builder Tips

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

Glasair

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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