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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.

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...

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...
sportsman on beach with gear

Special Introductory Pricing on Superior-Powered Sportsman: $154,995

The Sportsman can be equipped with a choice of: Superior's High Performance 180 HP or 215 HP Engine Hartzell, MT or Sensenich Propeller State-of-the-Art VFR or IFR...

Glasair Announces Two Weeks to Taxi Sportsman 2012 Price Increase of $9,000. Savings Offered.

Glasair has announced a price increase for the TWTT Sportsman, but is offering savings on orders placed by November 30. Due to increasing parts and...

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...

BRS System Available for GlaStar & Sportsman

Through the efforts of GAOA member Chris Bowles, an engineered package system using off the shelf BRS components in a soft pack is available...
Zenair float CAD

Zenair Announces 2500# Floats for GlaStar and Sportsman Aircraft

Because customers have been asking for them, Zenair has been developing a 2500 pound float kit for the GlaStar and Sportsman aircraft. The work...
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...
Glasair VH-KJX airborne

First Flight of Bruce Kirkwood’s Glasair Super II

Bruce Kirkwood reported a successful first flight today of Glasair Super II kit #2465: "Nearly eleven years in to my four year project, VH-KJX...

Ted Setzer named Arlington Airport’s person of the year

Ted Setzer, of Granite Falls, who recently retired from airplane maker Glasair, is being honored as the Arlington Airport Person of the Year.