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

Low corners on the sides of the instrument panel enhance visibility, but the center column could impede access and reduce leg comfort. Photo: Peter Braswell.

How to & Builder Tips

GlaStar Systems Installation Tips

Flap handle detent notches: Trial-fit flap detent notches in the flap actuator lever between the seats prior to chroming. I had to widen my aft-most...

GlaStar & Sportsman

Secondary Bonding Characteristics of DBM

From the "No Harm in Double Checking" File comes a report on the peel strength of the DBM cloth used in the GlaStar fuselage...

Wing rotating jig

Wing Rotating Stand

How to & Builder Tips

Martin Baumer's GlaStar rear seat

Martin Baumer’s Glastar Rear Seats

Mods

GlaStar seatpans with high-density foam

Ken Wickland’s Cockpit Modifications

Mods

GlaStar Boost Pump Installation

How to & Builder Tips

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...

Spark plug tray, adjusting tool, gap gage, spark plug socket and extension, magneto timer, torque wrench, combination wrenches, ratchet, socket and extension

Maintenance

Tools to Maintain Your Sportsman or GlaStar

As we get more Sportsman builders who may not have extensive tool collections, the question has come up, what tools do I really need...

glasair cowl modification

Modifying 180 HP Lower Cowl to Clear 200 HP Engine

How-to and Builder Tips

Accident Briefs, November 1994

Flying

Glasair VH-KJX airborne

First Flight of Bruce Kirkwood’s Glasair Super II

Flying

Glasair Fuselage Hoist

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...

Lakes and Suttons over Idaho. Photo: Arlo Reeves.

Smiley Creek 2017

Events

Landing at Oshkosh.

AirVenture – Oshkosh 2013

Events

So You Want to Fly to Canada, eh?

Lifestyle

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

We Got High in Colorado

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

Symphony SA 160

Symphony SA 160 Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Glasair II-S, Photo © Ad Meskens / Wikimedia Commons

History of Glasair Aviation

Resources

Sensenich Fixed-Pitch Propeller Nomenclature and Repitching

Maintenance

Sportsman carbon-fiber

Sportsman Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

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

SensenichDirect Stoddard-Hamilton Propellers

Glasair

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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