Glasair Aircraft Owners Association

Mods

Vortex Generators on a Sportsman

Mods

Tractor to Flush Gas Caps

Mods

Acme Aero Stinger Tailwheel Suspension in a GlaStar

Events

GAOA Gathering at Lakeland Florida

GlaStar & Sportsman

What to Expect When You’re Expecting… an Engine

GAOA Merchandise: Order yours today!

GLASTAR & SPORTSMAN

Right rudder, right rudder, right rudder...

Flying

Transition Training Challenges

Pilots who haven't started transition training into the Glastar or Sportsman should be prepared to encounter a few challenges that are quite common for...

GlaStar horizontal stabilizer ribs

How to & Builder Tips

GlaStar and Sportsman Tail Section Tips

Counterweight fabrication: A local homebuilder showed me a way to construct a counterweight, and it's much simpler than cutting up the lead sheet. First,...

Same Wheelpants, Bigger Wheels?

How to & Builder Tips

Gap sealing tape

Scotch Electrical Tape for Sealing Gaps

How to & Builder Tips

Pilot logbook cover

LODA

Flying

Electric Flaps for the GlaStar

Mods

GLASAIR

How-to and Builder Tips

Glasair Brake System Installation

File this info away for future reference when you start your brake system installation. When you start pondering the Nylaflow tubing/brass fitting brake system...

How-to and Builder Tips

Glasair RG Hydraulics

Several RG hydraulic landing gear pumps have not been producing proper system pressures due to any number of reasons, many of which have been...

Glasair Wing Rotation Jig

How-to and Builder Tips

Glasair RG Gear Strut Servicing

Maintenance

G2 and G3 Main Landing Gear from Advanced Aero

Glasair

Glasair has in stock three different number stainless steel washers. The (522-5626-003) washer has a 3/8" ID inner hole for use in the G-I and II main gear retract actuators which also have a 3/8" shaft. The (522-5626-001) washer has a 7/16" ID hole for use in the G-I and II nose gear actuator and the G-III main gear actuators. The (522-5626-005) washer has a ½" ID for use in the G-III nose gear actuator.

Glasair RG Service Alert: Hydraulic Actuator Washer

Maintenance

PEOPLE & PLACES

Events

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...

Heavy Hauler

Lifestyle

Glastar trailer

GlaStar Taildragger Trailer

How to & Builder Tips

Testing the Airspeed Indicator

Flying

L to R: Steve Zaleski, John Lake, Marc Cook, Dave Hulse, Richard Eastman, Gail Hulse, Tom Fleming, Anita Fleming, Dave Prizio, Mike Meier, Ed Zaleski, Michael Sandling, Mike Ray, Dave Ammenti, Teri Ray, Chris Wills, Brenda Lake, Ann Walker, Anne Ammenti, Dave Carberry, Lynda Ann Farrar with Dave Ammenti's truck (Arlo Reeves behind the camera).

Hillbillies Reunited: Ninth Annual Northern California GlaStar & Sportsman...

Events

Ferrying Sportsman N124MK Back to the U.S.

GlaStar & Sportsman

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ARTICLES YOU MAY HAVE MISSED

Leading Edge Lights

How to & Builder Tips

Building a GlaStar—Presentation by Dave Prizio

Events

Sportsman Kits Available Again

News

Making Cowl Bumps

How to & Builder Tips

GlaStar Nose Fork Modification for 5.00 x 5 Wheel and Tire

Mods

RESOURCES

Paint Codes for Matching GlaStar Gelcoat

How to & Builder Tips

Strength of Riveted Joints

Resources

Sportsman carbon-fiber

Sportsman Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Glasair I, II, III Options & Accessories Catalog (Archive)

Glasair

Glasair Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Symphony SA 160

Symphony SA 160 Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Glasair II-S, Photo © Ad Meskens / Wikimedia Commons

History of Glasair Aviation

Resources

Stoddard-Hamilton Electrical Parts Cross-Reference

Resources

ABOUT US

The Glasair Aircraft Owners Association is the one must-join association for Glasair, GlaStar, Sportsman 2+2, Merlin, and OMF Symphony builders, owners, pilots, and enthusiasts. If you’re currently building, flying—or dreaming of building and flying one—this is the place for you! We are not affiliated with Glasair Aviation, LLC., but we maintain a great working relationship. Our members can be found worldwide.

Disclaimer: This website contains information submitted by our members about building their airplanes. Some methods they employ may differ from the factory instructions. Builders are advised that they are responsible for their own construction methods and should check with the factory if any of the information included on this website differs from the factory manuals. The Glasair Aircraft Owners Association has not checked the accuracy or safety of any information included on these web pages and any users of this information do so completely at their own risk.

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