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

How to & Builder Tips

GlaStar Elevator Stop Plate Installation Tips

DON'T do it like the manual says! The drawings show the stop plate mounted below the elevator bellcrank with the spacer pack modified to...

GlaStar fuselage assembly jig

How to & Builder Tips

GlaStar Fuselage Assembly Tips

Step 27: If your kit includes the upper shell attach fittings pre-made with all holes predrilled, as mine did, when doing the final installation,...

Automatic center-punch

Locating and Center-Punching Holes

How to & Builder Tips

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

Mods

Frayed Rudder Cable

Maintenance

Finished GlaStar cowl. Photo: Dustin Paulson

GlaStar Cowling Installation Tips

How to & Builder Tips

GLASAIR

Glasair

Advanced Aero Components Acquires Glasair II and III Assets

Glasair Aviation USA, LLC. and Advanced Aero Components "AAC" announced the sale of product line assets for the Glasair II and III models. According to Ian...

How-to and Builder Tips

Glasair Engine to Fuselage Alignment

This builder tip was submitted by David Walker, Glasair II-S RG. Coming to the point where you want to align your engine to the firewall? The method...

Glasair Super II-S N902S

First Flights of N902S Modified to Super II-S Configuration

Glasair

glasair cowl modification

Modifying 180 HP Lower Cowl to Clear 200 HP Engine

How-to and Builder Tips

John Burnaby’s Glasair Engine Control Quadrant

How-to and Builder Tips

Glasair III Emergency Gear Extension System

How-to and Builder Tips

PEOPLE & PLACES

Lifestyle

Diesel Sportsman Update

My son and I I flew over to Fry Canyon, UT (UT74), a dirt strip in southeastern Utah. There are several backcountry strips in the...

Are You a Safe Pilot?

Flying

Buying and Selling a Pre-Owned Airplane

Ownership

Pirates at Columbia

Pirate Pilots Swoop in on the Columbia Fly-in

Events

My First 1000 Hours

Glasair

Carlos Emmons after the flight with Glauco Nuzzi.

A Trip to Italy

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

Paint Codes for Matching GlaStar Gelcoat

How to & Builder Tips

Sensenich Fixed-Pitch Propeller Nomenclature and Repitching

Maintenance

Strength of Riveted Joints

Resources

SensenichDirect Stoddard-Hamilton Propellers

Glasair

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

Merlin Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

glastar kit delivered in driveway

New Builder?

Resources

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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