Glasair Aviation
Glasair Aviation USA, LLC is a Chinese-owned aircraft manufacturer based in Arlington, Washington that produces the Glasair and Sportsman 2+2 line of homebuilt aircraft.
History
Tom Hamilton began flight testing the Glasair TD and founded Stoddard-Hamilton Aircraft in 1979. Glasair Aviation was formed in 2001 when Thomas W. Wathen purchased the Glasair assets from bankrupt Stoddard-Hamilton Aircraft, Inc. and signed an agreement with Arlington Aircraft Development, Inc. to buy all rights to and assets of the GlaStar model. The new companies New Glasair, LLC and New GlaStar, LLC are marketed under the Glasair Aviation name. More than 3000 Glasair kits have been delivered worldwide.In July 2012 the company was sold to the Jilin Hanxing Group of China, which formed a new company Glasair Aircraft USA, LLC. Jilin Hanxing Group indicated that it intended to certify the Glastar design and otherwise retain production in Arlington, Washington. TieJi Fang, chairman of the Jilin Hanxing Group, said that he envisioned the company producing trainers for flight schools and eventually personal aircraft for the Chinese market. He stated that purchasing Glasair was "the first step in a very long journey".
Randy Lervold became the company CEO on 14 May 2019. He was most recently Dynon Avionics vice president of marketing and sales and president of Cub Crafters previous to that.
In July 2019 the company announced a "proactive business strategy" to deal with the loss of business due to the COVID-19 pandemic's economic fallout. The company laid-off its production and builder-assist staff, while retaining ten employees for product support and engineering. The company will not take any new orders for aircraft and will instead concentrate on improving the existing Sportsman design for re-introduction in 2021.
Aircraft
| Model name | First flight | Number built | Type |
| Glasair I | 1979 | 807 | Low-wing, two seat kit aircraft |
| Glasair II | 1989 | 1200 | Low-wing, two seat kit aircraft |
| Glasair III | 1986 | 500 | Low-wing, two seat kit aircraft |
| GlaStar | 1994 | 300 | High-wing, two seat kit aircraft |
| Sportsman 2+2 | 2003 | 400 | High-wing, four seat kit aircraft |
| Glasair Merlin LSA | 2015 | 1 | High-wing, two seat SLSA aircraft |