Glasair I
General information
Type	Amateur-built kit airplane
Manufacturer	Stoddard-Hamilton Aircraft Glasair Aviation
Designer	Tom Hamilton
Number built	807 [1]
History
Introduction date	1980 [2]
First flight	1979 [3]
Developed into	Stoddard-Hamilton Glasair II

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 was derived from the earlier Tom Hamilton Glasair and first flew in 1979. ^[3] Hamilton formed Stoddard-Hamilton Aircraft that year to produce and market the kit, which was the first pre-molded composite aircraft available to builders. It was introduced to the public at the 1980 EAA Convention in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, winning Hamilton the 1985 EAA August Raspet Award for "significant advancements in the field of light aircraft design". ^[2]

Specifications (Glasair 1)

Data from Pilot Friend ^[4]

General characteristics

• Crew: one
• Capacity: one passenger
• Length: 19 ft 6 in (5.94 m)
• Wingspan: 24 ft 4 in (7.42 m)
• Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
• Wing area: 81.3 sq ft (7.55 m²)
• Empty weight: 1,368 lb (621 kg)
• Gross weight: 2,200 lb (998 kg)
• Fuel capacity: 61.4 US gallons (232 litres)
• Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming IO-360 A1B four cylinder, horizontally opposed, four stroke aircraft engine, 200 hp (150 kW)
• Propellers: 3-bladed Hoffmann VP with wood blades

Performance

• Maximum speed: 260 mph (420 km/h, 230 kn)
• Cruise speed: 201 mph (324 km/h, 175 kn)
• Stall speed: 65 mph (105 km/h, 56 kn)
• Never exceed speed: 260 mph (420 km/h, 230 kn)
• Range: 1,177 mi (1,894 km, 1,023 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 19,000 ft (5,800 m)
• Rate of climb: 1,500 ft/min (7.6 m/s)
• Wing loading: 27.06 lb/sq ft (132.1 kg/m²)

References

Media related to Stoddard-Hamilton Glasair at Wikimedia Commons