The Glasair Aircraft Owners Association (GAOA) has launched a brand new website and forum designed for everyone interested in the GlaStar, Sportsman, and Glasair aircraft: glasair-owners.com.
Some notable features include:
- A brand new forum that includes all posts from the GlaStar & Sportsman forum “Glastarnet” and the old Glasair forum that went off-line several years ago. Members can receive and respond to posts by email and online.
- Responsive website that works great on any device with hundreds of articles with photos.
- More than a thousand downloadable documents in the file library, including construction manuals, POHs, CAD drawings, checklists, Newsletters, and more.
- Over 4600 images detailing construction, instrument panels, parts, events, and flying planes, including all images from Glastarnet and the old Glasair website.
Kitplanes magazine has covered the Stoddard-Hamilton and Glasair line of aircraft since the 1980’s, and we even had a first-hand look at the Sportsman as Marc Cook, former Kitplanes editor-in-chief, built the airplane in Glasair’s Two Weeks to Taxi Program.



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