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

GAOA Merchandise: Order yours today!

GLASTAR & SPORTSMAN

How to & Builder Tips

Nutplate Jig

Submitted by Don Jessup. Don't delay—make yourself a metal template to drill all the holes you will make for nutplates. About 1" x 2" seems...

How to & Builder Tips

Water Seal

Water leaks and noise have been things I’ve wanted to solve for a long time. Once my Sportsman was painted, I taped some simple...

Look Ma, No Mags!

Glasair

Sportsman Cleared for Flight Testing with UL Power 520i Firewall-Forward

Mods

Aircraft Spruce rudder pedals in GlaStar

Cast Rudder Pedals

Mods

Glastar trailer

GlaStar Taildragger Trailer

How to & Builder Tips

GLASAIR

Flying

Glasair II RG, N131CB: Incident occurred December 30, 2016 in Arlington,...

Aircraft experienced electrical failure and made forced landing off airport in Arlington, Washington A single-engine plane landed without its gear fully extended near Arlington Municipal...

Nose gear hydraulic actuator installation, Glasair III.

How-to and Builder Tips

Getting the Wheels All the Way Up Every Time

Tip submitted by Tom Hoffman, Glasair III. It seems that anywhere there are discussions by Glasair III builders/flyers, there continues to be talk of incomplete main...

Modifying Glasair’s 180 HP Upper Cowl to Clear 200 HP Lycoming...

How-to and Builder Tips

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

Engine Break-in

How to & Builder Tips

Method For Locating Slotted Flap Hinges

How-to and Builder Tips

Fitting the Glasair Cowling Before the Prop is Installed

How-to and Builder Tips

PEOPLE & PLACES

Martin Baumer taking off from Boeing Field

Flying

Normal Takeoffs in a GlaStar

Want a wonderful way to start the day? It's amazing thinking about what it took to get you here, ready to fly your GlaStar. Congratulations! You...

Second First Flight

Ownership

Buying and Selling a Pre-Owned Airplane

Ownership

John Lake cruising in his GlaStar N484VM

GlaStar Cruise

Flying

Landing at Oshkosh.

AirVenture – Oshkosh 2013

Events

Tom Flemming's GlaStar on landing. (Photo: Dave Prizio)

Tail-Low Wheel Landings

Flying

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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 II-S, Photo © Ad Meskens / Wikimedia Commons

History of Glasair Aviation

Resources

Glasair Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Strength of Riveted Joints

Resources

SensenichDirect Stoddard-Hamilton Propellers

Glasair

Sensenich Fixed-Pitch Propeller Nomenclature and Repitching

Maintenance

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

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

Glasair

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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