All About Gas Caps

The first Glasair kit was shipped over 25 years ago and now there are hundreds flying. In many cases these flying airplanes are introducing...

My First 1000 Hours

Written by Ed Covington I am a 1982 homebuilt Glasair from Washington State. My parts were designed by Tom Hamilton and fabricated by his company,...
Superior XP-360 roller lifters

Superior Engine Build School

Superior Air Parts invited me to the two-and-a-half day XP-Engine Build School at their Coppell, Texas facility, but since I hadn’t purchased an engine,...
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LODA

Glasair Aviation announced recently that the company received a LODA (Letter of Deviation Authority) to conduct flight training in their experimental aircraft. A LODA authorizes...
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...
GlaStar landing accident

A Hard Lesson Learned

Submitted for publication by Tim Rittal. Sunday, October 7, 2007 was a beautiful evening with clear skies and calm winds, a perfect time to get...
Glasair RG on airport ramp

Airport Requirements and Insurance

We've seen an increase in the insurance requirements that airports are imposing on tenants. These requirements used to be just to have the airport...

Garbage In, Garbage Out

A funny thing happens when you depend so much on computers. Faced with the prospect of testing the new Dynon autopilot but not having...
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...

EarthX Lithium Iron Phosphate Batteries

I recently became aware of a great battery alternative for Glasair owners. Here is the statement from their website. About EarthX “EarthX, Inc. is a US...