Tag: glasair
Picking Up/Unloading Your Kit
Use of boat trailer for crate pickup: Living approximately 70 miles from the closest Consolidated Freight yard, the cost of a rental truck or...
Glasair Super III
Many of you are probably wondering "What is all this I hear about a new Glasair Super Ill?" Well, prior to Sun n' Fun...
Ducking the Long Arm of the Law
Most of us are generally law-abiding citizens, but it's a rare pilot who hasn't occasionally bent an FAR just a little bit around the...
Head in the Clouds
IFR Training in the Glasair Super II
Written by Craig O'Neal
It was about halfway down the Columbia River Gorge that I decided to get my...
Stainless-Steel Exhaust Systems
The installation and inspection of your aircraft’s exhaust system are fairly straightforward subjects, but we get enough queries from both Glasair and GlaStar builders...
Testing Procedure for Fuel Vent Float Valve Check Valves
There are two check valves installed within the upper housing of the FVFV. One valve is designed to open to allow pressure into the...
Fuel Vent Float Valve Installation in Glasair
Cliff Faber shares some hints and tricks for the installation of S-H’s popular fuel vent float valve installation in Glasair I and II aircraft....
Lyle Powell’s 600 Hours in the Glasair III
Written by Lyle Powell, Glasair III.
My III has always been difficult to touch down gracefully, perhaps because of my long flaps. My flap-dump button...
Modifying Glasair’s 180 HP Upper Cowl to Clear 200 HP Lycoming...
In the 2nd quarter '94 Glasair News (p. 1138), I described the mods I did to the lower cowl of my Glasair II, to...
Spoiler Bumps on Half Fork Gear Doors
Submitted by Jim Sipprelle, Glasair I RG
Jim Sipprelle sent Stoddard-Hamilton a fax about some spoiler bumps that he has tried on his landing gear half...