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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.

Wolfgang Drahanowski’s GlaStar Flies

After 11 1/2 years of building time, one more Glastar experimental aircraft (OE-VWD #5605) joined the flying fleet on Sunday, January 16 2011, at...

HID Xenon Landing Light Technology

Written by Dan Blumel – “XeVision” Reliable Sales HID Xenon (metal halide) lamps utilize an electrical arc rather than a filament to generate a much brighter...

Advanced Aero G2 and G3 “Heritage” Kits Now Available

Advanced Aero Components (AAC) announced the availability of carbon-fiber Heritage G2 and G3 kits. The company's president Ian Baker says the new aircraft overall empty...

Award Winners at AirVenture Oshkosh 2016

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...

Glasair Owners Joining GlaStar and Sportsman Owners

The GlaStar & Sportsman Association and Glasair.org are merging into one organization with a single website! To reflect the aircraft our members are building and...
Screenshot from the BRS deployment test video

Whole-Plane Parachute System Available For Sportsman Aircraft

Glasair Aviation, in partnership with BRS Aerospace, now offers whole-plane parachute recovery systems for the company's popular Sportsman line of aircraft. Parachute recovery systems are...
Ted Setzer's Sportsman

Independence, Oregon Fly-in Set for August 14-16 2015

The Fly-in at the Independence State Airport, 7S5 is coming up on August 14-16 2015 For details and registration: www.eaa292.org. Ted Setzer will likely be...
Mikael Via

Bumpy Ride

From the Top It’s been a bumpy ride over the past few years, hasn’t it? As a Glasair builder, I know first hand what each...
Sportsman TC

New Sportsman TC Announced at Oshkosh 2010

Glasair Aviation introduced the newest member of their composite piston aircraft family: the Sportsman TC, which merges the proven Sportsman high utility aircraft with...

Oshkosh AirVenture 2011

Written by Greg and Sue Prentiss Well, here we are at AirVenture 2011, aka Oshkosh. It’s a great time to be alive and be able...