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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.

Merlin LSA Takes First Flight

Arlington, WA - After months of careful preparation, Glasair Aviation's new light sport aircraft, Merlin, took its first flight through the skies above Arlington...
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...

Glasair Aviation Offering Free Aft Seat Option at Oshkosh 2015

In celebration of AirVenture Oshkosh 2015, Glasair Aviation is adding the aft seat option to any Two Weeks To Taxi Sportsman order placed before...

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...

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...

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...

GlaStar Celebrates 20 Years

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...

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...

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...
Rendering of the new Glasair Aviation Merlin LSA

Glasair Aviation Announces New LSA and a Diesel Sportsman

Glasair Aviation’s booth at Sun n’ Fun 2014 in Lakeland, Florida was a busy place­. The company announced a new Light Sport aircraft named...