Glasair I

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Glasair I
Type amateur-built kit airplane
Manufacturer Glasair Aviation
Maiden flight 1979
Introduced 1980
The original Glasair TD prototype.
The original Glasair TD prototype.

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 first flew in 1979. Hamilton formed Stoddard-Hamilton Aircraft that year to produce and market the kit, which was the first pre-molded composite aircraft available to builders.

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General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Length: ft in (m)
  • Wingspan: ft in (m)
  • Height: ft in (m)
  • Wing area: ft (m)
  • Empty weight: 999lb (454 kg)
  • Loaded weight: 1,700lb (773 kg)
  • Useful load: lb (kg)
  • Max takeoff weight: 1,700lb (773 kg)
  • Powerplant: × , hp (kW) each

Performance


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