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The GlaStar: An Instructor’s Perspective
By Michael Crowell, reprinted with permission from INFLIGHT Magazine
Mike is a CFII, Advanced and Instrument Ground Instructor, an FAA Safety Counselor, and a check...
First Flight or the Thrill of Having a Baby
For each airplane, first flight is only done once. In my mind, it’s the closest builders get to the thrill of having a baby.
Amazing...
Crosswinds in the GlaStar
On a very windy, gusty Saturday Bill Janes and I flew to a nearby airport to attend an EAA Chapter meet ing. Because I...
Are You a Safe Pilot?
Do you consider yourself a safe pilot? Why? When you make a flight in your GlaStar, Sportsman or other aircraft, what kinds of pre-flight...
Transition Training Challenges
Pilots who haven't started transition training into the Glastar or Sportsman should be prepared to encounter a few challenges that are quite common for...
Tail-Low Wheel Landings
I have written several times about the long-standing debate over three-point versus wheel landings in tailwheel equipped airplanes. Of course the debate has been...
LODA
Glasair Aviation announced recently that the company received a LODA (Letter of Deviation Authority) to conduct flight training in their experimental aircraft.
A LODA authorizes...
Towing the Line – Glider Operations with the GlaStar
I have been asked by representatives of many soaring clubs if the GlaStar could be a good towplane for gliders. After examining the towplane's...
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...
Inadvertent Flap Retraction
On our last fuel stop coming home from our Idaho adventures I was landing on a long runway with breezy conditions at KTKX. Due...