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GlaStar wing jig
How to & Builder Tips

GlaStar and Sportsman Wing Jig Tips

Building the wing jig: I made my jig so that both wings could be built back to back. I made mirror images of the...
Sportsman window installed with Silpruf. Photo: Randi Ernst.
How to & Builder Tips

GlaStar and Sportsman Window Installation

Mask off the front and back of the window to approx. 1.5" of the edge. (Blue 3M 2" tape) Trim perimeter of window to fit...
New glass installed. Note the 12" spun aluminum wheels and bead locks.

The “SuperStar”

GlaStar & Sportsman
GlaStar wingtip fairing installation

Wingtip Installation Tip

How to & Builder Tips
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First Flight or the Thrill of Having a Baby

Flying

Sportsman Cleared for Flight Testing with UL Power 520i Firewall-Forward

Mods

GLASAIR

How-to and Builder Tips

Alternate Horizontal Stabilizer Hinge Alignment and Jigging

Submitted by Neal Garvin and Hal Mandly, Glasair Super II-S RG This method uses a taut line strung between the two outboard hinges as a guide...
Maintenance

When Good Hydraulic Pumps Go Bad

I have had more than my share of issues with the retracts on my Glasair II RG: Actuator Leaks Hydraulic pressure gauge cracked and...

SensenichDirect Stoddard-Hamilton Propellers

Glasair

Glasair RG Gear Strut Servicing

Maintenance

Technique for Cutting Stainless Engine Mount Backing Plates

How-to and Builder Tips

Glasair Gear Down Problem Avidance

How-to and Builder Tips

PEOPLE & PLACES

Lifestyle

The Kit in the Really Big Box

Written by Julie Passmore. Julie suffers her husband Rod's obsession in Forest, Virginia. Notes from the bitter better half When my husband called from Oshkosh a...
hans-guttman-back-in-austria

Around the World in 59 Days

Flying

Denali From FL240

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

Additional Builder Documents or Loose Paper Management

Ownership

GlaStar N533WW Down in Utah

Flying
NASA artist's rendering of a microburst.

Caught by Downdraft on Short Final

Flying

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