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

Maintenance

Using an Engine Dehumidifier

On page 121 of the April 2007 issue of EAA’s Sport Aviation, there was an article titled “Power Plant Insurance,” by Dave Barker. 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...

Gap sealing tape

Scotch Electrical Tape for Sealing Gaps

How to & Builder Tips

Sportsman cargo net

Cargo Net for Sportsman

Mods

Upgrading to an LED Landing Light

Mods

GlaStar Brakes, Gear and Wheel Installation Tips

How to & Builder Tips

GLASAIR

How-to and Builder Tips

Cake Frosting Applicator for Applying Resin/Mill Fiber Mix Warning

I recently heard a great suggestion for applying the resin/mill fiber mixture to the rib and spar tops of wings, stabilizers, rudders, etc. The...

How-to and Builder Tips

A Farewell to (Rusty) Arms

Submitted by by Mike Palmer, Glasair I/II FT Three hints—two about aileron counterweight arms, one about easing maintenance of the brake master cylinders. When mandatory Service Bulletin...

Aileron Fabrication and Counterweight Installation

How-to and Builder Tips

Installing Glasair Rear Windows

How-to and Builder Tips

Lyle Powell’s 600 Hours in the Glasair III

How-to and Builder Tips

Service Bulletin for Dynon Heated Pitot Tubes

Maintenance

PEOPLE & PLACES

Engine disassembly

Maintenance

Engine Overhaul

As part of requirement to obtain my A&P certificate, I was to witness a few more engine overhauls, so I called Poplar Grove Airmotive...

Columbia 2014. Photo: Dave Ammenti.

12th Annual Northern California Glasair Aircraft Owners Association Fly-in October...

Events

Werner Schneider flying his GlaStar in Switzerland

Climbs in a GlaStar

Flying

Wrangell St. Elias National Park

Matt Freeman’ s GlaStar Accident in Alaska

Flying

Marc’s Sportsman: Wrapping Up the Annual

Maintenance

Columbia 2012. Photo: Arlo Reeves.

11th Annual Northern California GlaStar & Sportsman Fly-In, Oct. 4-6

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

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 Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Sensenich Fixed-Pitch Propeller Nomenclature and Repitching

Maintenance

Paint Codes for Matching GlaStar Gelcoat

How to & Builder Tips

SensenichDirect Stoddard-Hamilton Propellers

Glasair

Sportsman carbon-fiber

Sportsman Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

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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