Glasair Aircraft Owners Association

Lifestyle

Maine to Alaska in a Sportsman—A First Timer’s Guide

Mods

Vortex Generators on a Sportsman

Mods

Tractor to Flush Gas Caps

Mods

Acme Aero Stinger Tailwheel Suspension in a GlaStar

Events

GAOA Gathering at Lakeland Florida

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GLASTAR & SPORTSMAN

Flying

How I Pranged my Sportsman

It was Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014, and I was on a flight from my airport in Richland, WA, direct to Nehalem Bay State at...

Sportsman cargo net

Mods

Cargo Net for Sportsman

This tip was submitted by Heidi Tillinghast. Materials 1.5" nylon webbing #18 needle #69 Nylon bonded thread 1.5" Webbing clips All of this is available in...

Redesigned Sportsman float struts

Float Rigging Design & Maintenance, Part 1

Maintenance

Peel and Stick Washers

How to & Builder Tips

Seat Cushion for the Tall Aviator

Mods

Sportsman Transfer Pump Filters

How to & Builder Tips

GLASAIR

Glasair

Glasair III Horizontal Stabilizer Angle of Incidence

There has been some question among our builders as to the proper horizontal stabilizer position relative to water line 100. Through our investigations we...

eyedropper for resin promoter

How to & Builder Tips

Properly Promoting Resin

The resin that we currently use in both the Glasair and the GlaStar is Dow Derakane 411-45. This resin is shipped from Stoddard-Hamilton in...

glastar kit delivered in driveway

New Builder?

Resources

Hinge Pin Safetying

How-to and Builder Tips

hans-guttman-back-in-austria

Around the World in 59 Days

Flying

Glasair I Retractable Gear

How-to and Builder Tips

PEOPLE & PLACES

Flying

Wolfgang Drahanowski’s GlaStar Flies

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...

Bill Yamokoskis GlaStar in flight.

GlaStar Required Nose-up Trim

Flying

Columbia 2012. Photo: Arlo Reeves.

11th Annual Northern California GlaStar & Sportsman Fly-In, Oct. 4-6

Events

Engine disassembly

Engine Overhaul

Maintenance

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

Report from the Columbia 2009 Fly-In

Events

Why We Build: Life with the Sportsman Couldn’t be Better

Ownership

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ARTICLES YOU MAY HAVE MISSED

What to Expect When You’re Expecting… an Engine

GlaStar & Sportsman

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

RESOURCES

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

Merlin Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

SensenichDirect Stoddard-Hamilton Propellers

Glasair

Glasair I, II, III Options & Accessories Catalog (Archive)

Glasair

Stoddard-Hamilton Electrical Parts Cross-Reference

Resources

Sensenich Fixed-Pitch Propeller Nomenclature and Repitching

Maintenance

Paint Codes for Matching GlaStar Gelcoat

How to & Builder Tips

Symphony SA 160

Symphony SA 160 Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Glasair II-S, Photo © Ad Meskens / Wikimedia Commons

History of Glasair Aviation

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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