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

The saga of the Glasair and GlaStar kitplanes has ended. Rights to the designs were sold separately after the bankruptcy of manufacturer Stoddard-Hamilton Aircraft (SHAI), but the buyer of the Glasair ...

A local manufacturer of airplane kits has been sold to Fang Tieji, chairman of China’s Jilin Hanxing Group Co. Glasair Aviation sold its manufacturing assets last week to Fang, who plans to retain the ...

Glasair's new owner, Fang Tieji, says he has major expansion plans for the new brand beyond experimental and certified aircraft. Glasair and Fang, chairman of the Jilin Hanxing Group based in ...

ARLINGTON — The alarm klaxon cut through the whirring noise of the airplane engine. The digital speed gauge dropped steadily toward 39 knots — the two-seat plane’s stall speed, indicating it would be ...

We're descending toward the airport at nearly 250 mph, losing almost 2,000 feet per minute. Harry Delong, who sells the two-seat Glasair, is showing me how to fly it, watching as we rapidly climb and ...

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 ...