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News stories relevant to the Glasair brand of airplanes – Glasair, Sportsman, GlaStar, and Merlin. You’ll also see a few articles about the OMF Symphony – a certified version of the GlaStar.

Servo vs. Anti-Servo

When we see something written in a particular way enough times, we take it for granted that it’s correctly spelled or named. Especially when the...

Stoddard-Hamilton Closed! Future Unknown

On May 8, 2000 customers calling Stoddard-Hamilton Aircraft were greeted with an old voicemail message stating that they had reached the office outside normal...

Reimer GlaStar First Flight

Submitted by Randy Reimer N628RS Glastar kit # 5785 had her first flight last Saturday, April 22, 2017. Very nice calm day in Albuquerque, perfect...

EAA: Washington Glasair Sportsman

By Dennis Willows, EAA 1228004 After more than 45 years in the same Cessna 172, it seemed time for a major change. With my teenage daughter,...

GlaStar Development Report

Steady progress continues with the GlaStar Developmental tasks in spite of an "Indian Summer" in the Pacific Northwest. We all managed to get a...

Common Questions and Answers About the GlaStar

Q. Why metal wings from a company with so much experience with composites? A. The design objective's drove this decision, primarily the low-cost objective, composite's...

First Flight: Howard Plevyak’s GlaStar

After a few years of building (a major understatement) I’m happy to announce that Kit # 5615, N19HL has finally achieved first flight this...

First Flight: Rocky Morrison’s Sportsman

It happened! After nine+ years of building, an engine swap, twice complete rewire, many builder re-dos, marriage, moving, birth of now twin 6-year-old daughters...

Glasair III Best Composite at Sun ‘n Fun 2015

I flew in to Sun ‘n Fun last week and was awarded “Best Composite Homebuilt.” I was hoping for a Grand Champion but a...

Dynon Heated AOA/ Pitot Probe Technical Service Bulletin and Replacement Program

Dynon recently identified an issue with their Heated AOA/Pitot Probe. Over the past months, they have been engineering and testing a redesigned version of the...