Glasair Aviation
| Glasair Aviation USA
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| legal form | Limited Liability Company |
| founding | 2001 |
| Seat | Arlington , Washington |
| management | Randy Lervold (since May 14, 2019) |
| Branch | Aircraft kits |
| Website | www.glasairaviation.com |
Glasair Aviation USA is an American manufacturer of aircraft kits from Arlington in Washington .
history
Tom Hamilton constructed the Glasair TD and founded the Stoddard-Hamilton Aircraft company in 1979. In 2001, Thomas W. Wathen founded Glasair Aviation by taking the Glasair assets from the bankruptcy estate of Stoddard-Hamilton Aircraft and all rights and assets of GlaStar bought from Arlington Aircraft Development. The two new companies New Glasair and New GlaStar will be marketed on behalf of Glasair Aviation. Over 3000 Glasair kits have been delivered worldwide.
In July 2012 the company was sold to the Chinese Jilin Hanxing Group, which renamed the company Glasair Aircraft USA. Jilin Hanxing indicated that he wanted to obtain a type certification for the Glastar and otherwise leave production in Arlington. Jilin Hanxing Group chairman TieJi Fang said the company should manufacture training aircraft for flight schools and private aircraft for the Chinese market. He explained that the acquisition of Glasair was "the first step in a very long journey".
Randy Lervold was appointed CEO on May 14, 2019 . Previously, Lervold was a member of the Board of Directors for Sales and Marketing at Dynon Avionics and General Manager of Cub Crafters .
Planes
| model | Maiden flight | built specimens | Type |
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| Glasair I | 1979 | 807 | two - seater low - wing aircraft |
| Glasair II | 1989 | 1200 | two-seater low-wing aircraft |
| Glasair III | 1986 | 500 | two-seater low-wing aircraft |
| GlaStar | 1994 | 300 | two-seater high - decker |
| Sportsman 2 + 2 | 2003 | 400 | four-seater high-decker |
| Glasair Merlin LSA | 2015 | 1 | two-seater high-decker |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Omar Filipovic: History of Glasair Aviation. Glasair Aircrafts Owners Association, June 24, 2016, accessed January 29, 2020 .
- ^ Mary Grady: Glasair Sold To Chinese Company. AVweb, July 21, 2012, accessed on January 29, 2020 .
- ^ Paul Bertorelli: Glasair Buy: Part of a Grander Plan. AVweb, July 22, 2012, accessed on January 29, 2020 .
- ↑ Marc Cook: Randy Lervold Is Glasair Aviation's New CEO. AVweb, May 14, 2019, accessed on January 29, 2020 .
- ↑ Bud Daviddson: 35 Years of Fast Glass . In: Sport Aviation . May 2014, p. 53 (English).
- ^ Glasair adds LSA and Certified Aircraft . In: Sport Aviation . May 2014 (English).