Covid-19 Pause

Friends, When I accepted the position of President and CEO of Glasair Aviation in late May of 2019, the potential of the company looked positive indeed. At that time Glasair’s foundation included sound financial backing from its parent company, the Jilin Hanxing Group, and an aircraft that was not just competitive, but unique in its […]

Glasair | 2020

Those relatively new to aviation may only know Glasair for the company’s current aircraft, the Sportsman 2+2, perhaps the most versatile general aviation airplane available today. But those who have been following aviation longer know that Glasair began changing the GA landscape back in 1979. With innovative composite airframe technology that gave birth to the […]

Sherwin-Williams Aerospace Coatings

Pilots know that an aircraft’s paint job has almost nothing to do with how it flies — that’s the objective, fact-based side of our brain at work. Really though, an attractive and well-executed paint job has everything to do with how we, and others, perceive an aircraft. Simply put, paint is important. Very important. And […]

A System of Safety

What are the safest light aircraft available? Arguably, the Glasair Glastar/Sportsman family. A recent Kitplanes article included a chart illustrating light aircraft accident fatalities vs. cruise speed. The Sportsman (and the Sportsman predecessor, Glastar) tracks well below the trendline. Our airplane’s uniquely broad speed multiple of 3.6x (low stall speed to high cruise speed) is […]