Glasair Aircraft Owners Association

Ownership

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

Richard Eastman - December 6, 2019

Maintenance

Tweaking a GlaStar/Sportsman Wing and Tail

How to & Builder Tips

Build Your Own Auxiliary Fuel Tanks

News

Advanced Aero G2 and G3 “Heritage” Kits Now Available

Pitch your tent anywhere at Tok, Alaska.

Lifestyle

Trimming a Wing Skin in 5 Minutes or Less

Allen Rockwell - December 24, 1999 0

Here is how we trim wing skins at R&D Technical Services. Get your work table ready: Purchase a 1-1/4” x 1-1/4” x 1/8” piece of...

Finished GlaStar cowl. Photo: Dustin Paulson

How to & Builder Tips

GlaStar Cowling Installation Tips

GAOA Members - October 14, 1998 0

Cowling installation: The Lycoming cowling instructions say that you need to have the prop and spinner installed before you attempt to install the cowling....

Glasair I – Still Strong After 20 Years

Flying November 25, 1999

Aircraft Spruce rudder pedals in GlaStar

Are You a Safe Pilot?

Flying November 21, 2018

Electric Trim Option for the Glasair Elevator

GAOA Members - October 29, 1999 0

Submitted by Jim Dutton During an e-mail discussion about elevator trim systems, with Dick Dobson and Brooks Robinson, Dick mentioned he had installed an electric...

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

Maintenance

Testing Procedure for Fuel Vent Float Valve Check Valves

Cliff Faber - March 9, 1997 0

There are two check valves installed within the upper housing of the FVFV. One valve is designed to open to allow pressure into the...

Fuel Drains Tip

How-to and Builder Tips October 14, 1998

Advanced Aero Components Acquires Glasair II and III Assets

Glasair October 15, 2017

Glasair RG Inspection Alert: Landing Gear Trunion

Maintenance November 24, 2005

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

Glasair January 15, 2017

Superior Engine Build School

Omar Filipovic - December 15, 2013 0

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,...

Independence, Oregon Fly-in 2014 Preview

Events April 10, 2014

Additional Builder Documents or Loose Paper Management

Ownership July 24, 2002

Right rudder, right rudder, right rudder...

Transition Training Challenges

Flying October 31, 2018

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ARTICLES YOU MAY HAVE MISSED

Chris Wills with the GlaStar (left) and Sportsman he built.

GlaStar versus Sportsman: How do they really stack up?

GlaStar & Sportsman April 29, 2019

Sportsman Nose Gear Bushing Inspection

Maintenance March 8, 2019

GlaStar Specifications and Performance

Airplanes December 29, 2015

Sensenich Fixed-Pitch Propeller Nomenclature and Repitching

Maintenance July 16, 2009

Symphony SA 160 Specifications and Performance

Airplanes December 28, 2015

Merlin Specifications and Performance

Airplanes December 29, 2015

SensenichDirect Stoddard-Hamilton Propellers

Glasair August 4, 2008

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.