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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.

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

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...

Oshkosh AirVenture 2009

Written by Greg and Sue Prentiss  For starters, we didn’t beat out the RV aficionados. It was close though, 400+ RVs and 19 Glasairs. I’m not...

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...

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 Components Acquires Glasair II and III Assets

Glasair Aviation USA, LLC. and Advanced Aero Components "AAC" announced the sale of product line assets for the Glasair II and III models. According to Ian...

Another airplane manufacturer takes wing in Washington’s skies

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...
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Advanced Aero Announces Production of G2 and G3, Web Store, and Support Options

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...

G2 and G3 Main Landing Gear from Advanced Aero

Advanced Aero Components has the first new prototype main landing gear of the G2 and G3 aircraft. The company made some major upgrades to this...

TWTT Sportsman: What Kind of a Job Are They Doing?

I recently got to do a pre-first flight inspection on a Sportsman right out of the 2-Weeks-To-Taxi (TWTT) program. It belongs to Richard Eastman,...

Roadable Glasair Sportsman

The Plane Driven web site has announced the completion and flight testing of a fly/drive version of the Glasair Sportsman 2+2 kit aircraft called...