Glasair Aircraft Owners Association

How to & Builder Tips

Building a GlaStar—Presentation by Dave Prizio

News

Sportsman Kits Available Again

How to & Builder Tips

GlaStar Nose Fork Modification for 5.00 x 5 Wheel and Tire

GAOA Merchandise: Order yours today!

Level-Headed Observations

Orville Eliason - December 1, 1998 0

This builder hint concerns the lowly instrument called the "level." No matter what kind of aircraft you are building, everything evolves from what is referred...

GlaStar strut to fuselage fairing, top view

Mods

Jeff Liot’s GlaStar Mods

Omar Filipovic - May 22, 2009 0

Jeff Liot has done outstanding work on his GlaStar. Here's a bunch of mods that he's done. You can contact Jeff at liot@shaw.ca.

The PTI SuperStar Offers Proven Technology in a Futuristic Package

GlaStar & Sportsman November 1, 1997

GlaStar horizontal stabilizer spars and ribs

Horizontal Stabilizer Building Tips for the GlaStar and Sportsman

How to & Builder Tips February 5, 1997

GlaStar Wing Trailing Edges

How to & Builder Tips November 25, 2000

Design and Construction of Embedded Antennas for Glasairs

GAOA Members - October 14, 1998 0

This tip was submitted by Kurt Rutkowski, Glasair Super II RG. Due to the composite construction of the Glasair, there is no need to use conventional,...

How-to and Builder Tips

A Farewell to (Rusty) Arms

GAOA Members - December 1, 1998 0

Submitted by by Mike Palmer, Glasair I/II FT Three hints—two about aileron counterweight arms, one about easing maintenance of the brake master cylinders. When mandatory Service Bulletin...

Precise Flight Speed Brakes in a Glasair

How-to and Builder Tips May 28, 1994

Doing Business with the Glasair III

Glasair November 30, 1994

Wolfgang Drahanowski’s GlaStar Flies

Omar Filipovic - January 19, 2011 0

After 11 1/2 years of building time, one more Glastar experimental aircraft (OE-VWD #5605) joined the flying fleet on Sunday, January 16 2011, at...

Landings in a GlaStar Without That “Sinking Feeling”

Flying June 28, 2001

Stephen & son Michael Eastman check out the flightline. Photo: Arlo Reeves.

Report from the Columbia 2009 Fly-In

Events October 7, 2009

Advanced Aero Announces Production of G2 and G3, Web Store, and...

Glasair June 4, 2018

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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.