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Tractor to Flush Gas Caps
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Vortex Generators on a Sportsman
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Acme Aero Stinger Tailwheel Suspension in a GlaStar
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GAOA Gathering at Lakeland Florida
GlaStar & Sportsman
What to Expect When You’re Expecting… an Engine
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Magnetic Door Holder
Alaska to Oshkosh, Part 3
Seat Cushion for the Tall Aviator
Alaska to Oshkosh, Part 2
Alaska to Oshkosh
Titan Engine Discount for GAOA
Heavy Hauler
A New Water Rudder Design
Glasair Aviation Takes “COVID Pause”
Why We Build: Life with the Sportsman Couldn’t be Better
Tweaking a GlaStar/Sportsman Wing and Tail
Build Your Own Auxiliary Fuel Tanks
Advanced Aero G2 and G3 “Heritage” Kits Now Available
North to Alaska
GlaStar versus Sportsman: How do they really stack up?
Sportsman Nosewheel Lift
Fuel Tank Testing
Sportsman Nose Gear Bushing Inspection
Tow-Bar Rack
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Landings in a GlaStar Without That “Sinking Feeling”
On December 13th, 1994, Tom Hamilton (idea man extraordinaire, designer, and head of the design team for the GlaStar) handed me the keys to...
How to & Builder Tips
California Custom Metal Polish PIREP
California Custom makes two products of interest to some of us crazy enough to think we want polished aluminum surfaces on our GlaStar or...
GlaStar Fuselage Finish Tips
How to & Builder Tips
GlaStar and Sportsman Wing Jig Tips
How to & Builder Tips
Ferrying Sportsman N124MK Back to the U.S.
GlaStar & Sportsman
PMag Pirep
Maintenance
GLASAIR
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How-to and Builder Tips
Glasair Fuselage Hoist
This tip was written by Richard May, Glasair III. For builders like myself who have to work alone, the sketch below shows an arrangement that makes...
Maintenance
Does Anybody Wax Airplanes Any More?
Q (George Kraft): Just wondering if the newer paints don’t require it or if they benefit at all from waxing. Seems like a lot...
Tools to Maintain Your Sportsman or GlaStar
Maintenance
Cake Frosting Applicator for Applying Resin/Mill Fiber Mix Warning
How-to and Builder Tips
Engine Overhaul
Maintenance
Fiberglass Parts Warping in Hot Storage
How to & Builder Tips
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Superior Engine Build School
Superior Air Parts invited me to the two-and-a-half day XP-Engine Build School at their Coppell, Texas facility, but since I hadn’t purchased an engine,...
Second First Flight
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AirVenture – Oshkosh 2013
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Starting the Engine Safely
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First Aid Kit for Small Aircraft
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Builder’s Risk Insurance – Protection for the Parts
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ARTICLES YOU MAY HAVE MISSED
Leading Edge Lights
How to & Builder Tips
Building a GlaStar—Presentation by Dave Prizio
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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 Specifications and Performance
Airplanes
Glasair I, II, III Options & Accessories Catalog (Archive)
Glasair
Glasair Specifications and Performance
Airplanes
Sensenich Fixed-Pitch Propeller Nomenclature and Repitching
Maintenance
New Builder?
Resources
Stoddard-Hamilton Electrical Parts Cross-Reference
Resources
GlaStar Assembly Sequence
Resources
Strength of Riveted Joints
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