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The light sport Merlin marks a major shift for the company, which has made more 3,000 kit airplanes since it began in 1979. Unlike kit planes, which are assembled by their owners, the Merlin will be sold ready to fly.

Read Dave Prizio's article in the June issue of EAA Experimenter If the proof of any airplane is in how it flies, the GlaStar does...

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

On March 29, 2016 Glasair Aviation of Arlington, Washington, received FAA certification of its much-anticipated Merlin Light Sport Aircraft (LSA). For nearly 40 years Glasair...

By Dominic Gates, Seattle Times aerospace reporter. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently certified a composite airplane built in Washington state, just a year after its first...

In the fall of 1991 we began using Derakane 470 series resin for manufacturing and assembly purposes which lists a heat distortion temperature of...

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...

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...

In 1980 the kit aircraft industry was revolutionized by the introduction of the Glasair - the world's first pre-molded composite kit plane. Glasair Aviation...

Advanced Aero Components (AAC) announced in a press release that the new web store is now open for business. Ian Baker, the company's CEO...