Stoddard-Hamilton Glasair I

Glasair I
General information
TypeAmateur-built kit airplane
ManufacturerStoddard-Hamilton Aircraft
Glasair Aviation
Designer
Tom Hamilton
Number built807[1]
History
Introduction date1980[2]
First flight1979[3]
Developed intoStoddard-Hamilton Glasair II
Glasair I TD (modified with non-standard dorsal fin)
Glasair I. EAA AirVenture 2011

The Glasair I, originally built as the prototype Glasair TD taildragger, is a high-performance homebuilt aircraft built of fiberglass. Created by Tom Hamilton as a fast, two-seat kitplane, the Glasair TD was derived from the earlier Tom Hamilton Glasair and first flew in 1979.[3] Hamilton formed Stoddard-Hamilton Aircraft that year to produce and market the kit, which was the first pre-molded composite aircraft available to builders. It was introduced to the public at the 1980 EAA Convention in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, winning Hamilton the 1985 EAA August Raspet Award for "significant advancements in the field of light aircraft design".[2]

  1. ^ Bud Daviddson (May 2014). "35 Years of Fast Glas". Sport Aviation: 53.
  2. ^ a b Glasair Aircraft Owners Association (2016). "History of Glasair Aviation".
  3. ^ a b EAA Aviation Museum (n.d.). "1979 Stoddard-Hamilton Glasair 'Ham2'".