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Cracked Sportsman nosegear bushing
Maintenance

Sportsman Nose Gear Bushing Inspection

When performing an annual inspection on the Sportsman nose gear, be sure to take a close look at the condition of the shock bushings. The...
glastar-fuel-vent-check-valve
How to & Builder Tips

Vent Check Valve

Because my vent system still allowed fuel to vent in a nice stream when topped off and turning on the ground or parked on...

EarthX Lithium Iron Phosphate Batteries

Maintenance

Scott Alperin’s TWTT Sportsman

GlaStar & Sportsman
custom airplane jack

Gear Jack

Maintenance
Lempicke header tank

Tom Lempicke’s Aluminum Fuel Header Tank for the GlaStar

How to & Builder Tips

GLASAIR

How-to and Builder Tips

Method For Locating Slotted Flap Hinges

Submitted by Randy Bretton This method was used to locate the slotted flap hinges and build the flaps on my Super II FT. One advantage of...
How-to and Builder Tips

Glasair Tail Light Mounting Block

The instructions for the Glasair call for the cutting of 2 small triangle shaped pieces of aluminum and bonding them in and then drilling...

Level-Headed Observations

How to & Builder Tips

Spoiler Bumps on Half Fork Gear Doors

How-to and Builder Tips

Alternate Method for Determining External Dimensions of Slotted Flaps

How-to and Builder Tips

Oshkosh AirVenture 2009

Events

PEOPLE & PLACES

Events

Columbia 2014

Thanks to everyone who came to Columbia, California and made our 12th annual fly-in such a fun one. We had 12 GlaStar & Sportsman...

Wolfgang Drahanowski’s GlaStar Flies

Flying

Alaska to Oshkosh, Part 2

Lifestyle
Herb Karkheck at SnF 2014

Sun ‘n Fun 2014 Postcard

Events
Chuck Yeager in front of the Bell X-1. Photo: U.S. Air Force.

Are You a Test Pilot?

Flying
Superior XP-400 piston. Top two are compression rings and the bottom is the oil control ring.

Engine Break-in

How to & Builder Tips

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