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

How to & Builder Tips

Water Seal

Water leaks and noise have been things I’ve wanted to solve for a long time. Once my Sportsman was painted, I taped some simple...

How to & Builder Tips

Trimming Doors

I installed one of my doors today and I found a method that helped mark the door for trimming. I’m not sure if someone...

sportsman nosewheel lift

Sportsman Nosewheel Lift

Mods

GlaStar Rudder Installation Tips

How to & Builder Tips

The Power Flow system (left) has a much larger final exhaust pipe and a smaller heater muff compared to the standard system (right).

Perking up the Performance of a Glasair Sportsman

Mods

Carbon-fiber elevator rib reinforcement

Carbon Fiber Elevator Rib Reinforcements

Mods

GLASAIR

How-to and Builder Tips

Transponder Performance

Submitted by Evan Julber, Bend Oregon I’d like to relay to the group two conversations I’ve had with others regarding transponder performance. A friend of mine...

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...

Glasair Wheel Pants and Nose Gear Strut Fairings

How-to and Builder Tips

Nutplate Jig

How to & Builder Tips

Head in the Clouds

Flying

Design and Construction of Embedded Antennas for Glasairs

How-to and Builder Tips

PEOPLE & PLACES

Lifestyle

Flying to Alaska

Some places just enchant you. No matter how many times you go there it isn’t enough. Alaska is like that for me. It was...

Landing at Oshkosh.

AirVenture – Oshkosh 2013

Events

Glasair-I TD landing light schematic. Image: Andy Plunkett

Additional Builder Documents or Loose Paper Management

Ownership

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

Alaska to Oshkosh

Lifestyle

Wrangell St. Elias National Park

Matt Freeman’ s GlaStar Accident in Alaska

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

GlaStar assembly

GlaStar Assembly Sequence

Resources

Symphony SA 160

Symphony SA 160 Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

SensenichDirect Stoddard-Hamilton Propellers

Glasair

Stoddard-Hamilton Electrical Parts Cross-Reference

Resources

Sportsman carbon-fiber

Sportsman Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

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

Merlin Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Glasair Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

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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