Glasair is launching a new two-seat LSA aircraft called the Merlin, featuring a roomy cabin, user-friendly panel layout, and gull-wing doors. The Merlin, powered by a Rotax 912iS engine and equipped ...

ARLINGTON, Washington -- When Doug Barry set out to build his own airplane earlier this month, he wasn't entirely sure where he'd be at this point. Where he is ... is done. The New Mexico resident and ...

Tom Hamilton revolutionized the homebuilt aircraft industry with his Glasair series, pioneering innovative "sandwich" composite construction techniques that provided smooth, strong airframes and ...

Earlier this month, Doug Berry set out to build his very own airplane. Now he has a shiny new four-seater with a turbocharged engine and a sleek carbon fiber body. Here’s how he put everything ...

ARLINGTON — Natasha Stemwedel held the rivet gun steady. Her eyes intently focused as she drove the rivet straight into the airplane’s polished metal wing. Riveting on an airplane takes concentration.

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college senior Lee Luckhardt calls it “life changing.” Two weeks, Monday through Saturday, 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., with two 10-minute breaks and a half-hour for lunch, to build an airplane. “It was so ...

We’ve certainly been hearing a lot lately about the Terrafugia Transition, the “roadable aircraft” designed to be driven on the road or flown in the air. While it’s been designed from scratch as a ...

The head of a Chinese conglomerate has acquired Glasair Aviation, a general-aviation kit-aircraft manufacturer in Arlington. Glasair Aviation produces aircraft kits that can be built at home and flown ...

Confusion over ownership of US kitplane manufacturer Stoddard Hamilton Aircraft (SHAI) appears to have cleared, with the bankruptcy court accepting a cash bid of $300,000 for the Glasair product line.