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 ...

Glasair's new light-sport aircraft, the Merlin, completed its first successful test flight. The Merlin features a roomy cabin (45 inches wide), Dynon Skyview avionics, and a center stick configuration ...

One month after gaining light sport aircraft (LSA) certification, Glasair is tweaking the design of the two-seat Merlin flight trainer to reduce weight and improve performance. Five “beta” models are ...

You can head out to Arlington and build one of the first diesel-powered planes at aircraft-maker Glasair. © 2025 American City Business Journals. All rights reserved ...

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.

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 ...

China’s aerospace buying spree just got a little closer to Boeing with the July 20 purchase of Arlington-based Glasair Aviation by Fang Tieji, chairman of Jilin ...

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 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 ...

Each day, the team at Aircraft For Sale picks an airplane that catches our attention because it is unique, represents a good deal, or has other interesting qualities. You can read Aircraft For Sale: ...