Tag: safety
Are You a Test Pilot?
Who do you think of when you hear the term, ‘Test Pilot’? I’d bet many, if not most of you, think first of Chuck...
Advisory Circular: How to Stay Safe in Unfamiliar Aircraft
New AC advises pilots on how to stay safe in unfamiliar aircraft
Experimental airplane flights represent only a small component of total general aviation (GA)...
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...
Safety alert: Precision Airmotive Fuel Injection Servos
Attention All Owners of aircraft with Lycoming Fuel Injected Engines. Please read these safety alerts from Precision Airmotive.
Hex plug 383493 coming loose from regulator cover.
Service...
Hazardous Chemicals in the Building Process
As you build and maintain your airplane you will likely use a number of hazardous chemicals.
Knowing how to handle these chemicals safely and what...
Spinning the GlaStar
When I heard that Arnie Clarke had been doing some spin testing on his GlaStar I asked him to write about it for us....
Survival Gear
As we prepared to embark on our grand tour of Canada and Alaska survival equipment became a major concern. But we should always give...
Brake Caliper Threaded Rod Separation
An email from one of our members with a Glasair II-RG prompted a flurry of activity these last few days.
As you can see, the...
![Photo: Bidgee [CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)]](https://glasair-owners.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Poor-weather-for-flying-324x235.jpg "Flying In Poor Weather")
Flying In Poor Weather
The GlaStar is such a fine, stable airplane flying slowly that it opens up some interesting possibilities for poor weather flying. Have you thought...
Starting the Engine Safely
This tip was submitted by Tom Hoffman, Glasair III.
With 650 hours on the aircraft, N54ODE recently experienced failure of the starter solenoid, which is not...