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

Steve Sutton loading baggage through the original GlaStar cargo door. Photo: Kathy Sutton.

How to & Builder Tips

Ten Things You Can Do to Help Him Build the Airplane

Note to readers: This article is not intended to give anyone the impression that it’s always the guy who builds the plane while his...

GlaStar seat pan inspection cutouts

Mods

Seat Pan Inspection Access Cutouts

This modification was submitted by Jim Rose. These are my GlaStar seat pans with the inspection plates added. I found this necessary as I wanted to...

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Safari Cargo Net

Mods

Level-Headed Observations

How to & Builder Tips

Martin Baumer taking off from Boeing Field

Normal Takeoffs in a GlaStar

Flying

Secondary Bonding Characteristics of DBM

GlaStar & Sportsman

GLASAIR

Glasair

Doing Business with the Glasair III

"You try to do too many things when we go someplace," is a comment I'll sometimes hear from my wife, Bonita. And I guess...

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Maintenance

Lightweight Custom Jack

Steve and I recently installed a set of Thomas Cox’s jack pads on our tricycle-gear GlaStar. These beautifully machined pads fit perfectly and will...

Glasair Control Stick Clearance Tips

How-to and Builder Tips

Marking Electrical Wires and Connectors

How to & Builder Tips

Glasair Wing Rotation Jig

How-to and Builder Tips

Accident Briefs, November 1994

Flying

PEOPLE & PLACES

Independence, Oregon airport

Events

Independence, Oregon Fly-in 2014 Preview

Independence, Oregon is in close proximity to Van’s factory, and we have a lot of RVs at the airpark and a lot of them...

Ted Setzer's Sportsman

Independence, Oregon Fly-in Set for August 14-16 2015

Events

Coast above Derby, not a good area for an outlanding.

Around Australia in the GlaStar

Lifestyle

Glasair Aviation Offering Free Aft Seat Option at Oshkosh 2015

Events

Glasair I – Still Strong After 20 Years

Flying

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).

Hillbillies Reunited: Ninth Annual Northern California GlaStar & Sportsman...

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

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

SensenichDirect Stoddard-Hamilton Propellers

Glasair

Strength of Riveted Joints

Resources

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

Symphony SA 160

Symphony SA 160 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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