Glasair GlaStar

GlaStar
GlaStar
Role Amateur-built aircraft
National origin United States
Manufacturer Stoddard-Hamilton Aircraft
Glasair Aviation
Designer Tom Hamilton
First flight 1994
Status Production completed circa 2005
Number built 300 (2004)[1]
Variants Symphony SA-160
Glasair Sportsman 2+2
Plane Driven PD-1

The Glasair GlaStar (sometimes Glastar) is an American amateur-built aircraft that was designed by Tom Hamilton and produced by Stoddard-Hamilton Aircraft and later Glasair Aviation. It was first flown in 1994 and was superseded in production by the Glasair Sportsman 2+2 c. 2005. When it was available the aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Downey, Julia: 2005 Kit Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 21, Number 12, December 2004, page 60. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
  2. ^ Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 183. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X
  3. ^ Downey, Julia: 1999 Kit Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 15, Number 12, December 1998, page 68. Primedia Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
  4. ^ Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, page 262. BAI Communications. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1