Glasair Aircraft Owners Association

Events

Building a GlaStar—Presentation by Dave Prizio

Omar Filipovic - September 25, 2021

News

Sportsman Kits Available Again

How to & Builder Tips

Making Cowl Bumps

Mods

GlaStar Nose Fork Modification for 5.00 x 5 Wheel and Tire

Door held open with magnets

Mods

Magnetic Door Holder

GAOA Merchandise: Order yours today!

GLASTAR & SPORTSMAN

lightweight-small-jack

Maintenance

Lightweight Custom Jack

Kathy Sutton - February 7, 2018 4

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...

Mods

Battery Backup

Alan Negrin - May 20, 2013 0

Two Weeks To Taxi Sportsman have been all built using one of two Odyssey motorcycle batteries. Most taildraggers were built using the PC 680...

Tires for Alaska

Mods January 21, 2007

GlaStar gear swap in progress. Photo: Werner Schneider.

Trike vs. Tail-dragger

GlaStar & Sportsman March 1, 2002

Safety alert: Precision Airmotive Fuel Injection Servos

Maintenance May 31, 2009

Who Needs A Carb? Life With FADEC

Mods March 15, 2008

GLASAIR

Superior XP-400 piston. Top two are compression rings and the bottom is the oil control ring.

How to & Builder Tips

Engine Break-in

Ted Setzer - March 9, 2018 12

Break-in of an engine refers primarily to the initial phase of operation in which the piston rings will "seat" against the cylinder walls. Run-in refers...

How to & Builder Tips

Fiberglassing Tips

GAOA Members - June 30, 1997 0

Working with fiberglass and resin is as much art as it is science. As builders gain confidence and get used to working with fiberglass,...

Beating The Draft

How-to and Builder Tips July 5, 1999

Glasair Gear Door Gaps

How-to and Builder Tips October 29, 1999

Figure 1. View looking down right side - Internal passages FVFV top.

Testing Procedure for Fuel Vent Float Valve Check Valves

Maintenance March 9, 1997

Water Level Using PVC Pipe

How-to and Builder Tips September 10, 1998

PEOPLE & PLACES

Events

Award Winners at AirVenture Oshkosh 2016

Omar Filipovic - August 2, 2016 1

Our members won awards in the Kit category at AirVenture Oshkosh 2016: Howard and Linda Plevyak won the Bronze Lindy Champion for their GlaStar, and...

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

Ownership December 6, 2019

Denali From FL240

Lifestyle February 4, 2015

Independence, Oregon airport

Independence, Oregon Fly-in 2014 Preview

Events April 10, 2014

Spinning the GlaStar

Flying November 28, 2007

The GlaStar: An Instructor’s Perspective

Flying January 28, 2001

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ARTICLES YOU MAY HAVE MISSED

Alaska to Oshkosh, Part 3

Lifestyle February 18, 2021

Seat Cushion for the Tall Aviator

Mods January 9, 2021

Alaska to Oshkosh, Part 2

Lifestyle December 15, 2020

Alaska to Oshkosh

Lifestyle October 27, 2020

Titan Engine Discount for GAOA

News September 4, 2020

RESOURCES

Sportsman carbon-fiber

Sportsman Specifications and Performance

Airplanes December 29, 2015

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

History of Glasair Aviation

Resources June 24, 2016

SensenichDirect Stoddard-Hamilton Propellers

Glasair August 4, 2008

Dave Ammenti's GlaStar

GlaStar Specifications and Performance

Airplanes December 29, 2015

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

Merlin Specifications and Performance

Airplanes December 29, 2015

Strength of Riveted Joints

Resources December 5, 2015

glastar kit delivered in driveway

New Builder?

Resources July 7, 2000

Glasair Specifications and Performance

Airplanes December 29, 2015

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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